Forgive Me Not takes place in a society that allows for minors to be forgiven for crimes comitted. They can be outright forgiven or go through Trials to "earn" forgiveness from the victims family. If not forgiven the offenders then go to an upstate facility to serve time and gain a permanent criminal record.
I really like the premise of this story. It felt all too realistic. People tried to improve the "system" but instead made it just as convoluted as before, if not more so. It's still horrendously broken and racist and prejudiced.
I wish I had gotten into this more. I feel like there were opportunities for more heartbreaking moments and chances for the characters to depthly connect. It all felt a little too surface level. I think there was so much more pain to explore and deal with.
There were so many good conversation starters in this book that I didn't feel were capitalized. Honestly I really think I could have enjoyed this story if it had been almost a collection of short stories or point of views in this world so that we could have seen how different people ended up in their situations. It could have been very insightful and thought provoking.
I really like the premise of this story. It felt all too realistic. People tried to improve the "system" but instead made it just as convoluted as before, if not more so. It's still horrendously broken and racist and prejudiced.
I wish I had gotten into this more. I feel like there were opportunities for more heartbreaking moments and chances for the characters to depthly connect. It all felt a little too surface level. I think there was so much more pain to explore and deal with.
There were so many good conversation starters in this book that I didn't feel were capitalized. Honestly I really think I could have enjoyed this story if it had been almost a collection of short stories or point of views in this world so that we could have seen how different people ended up in their situations. It could have been very insightful and thought provoking.