Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Review: The Wave

Title: The Wave
Author: Todd Strasser
Release Date: October 1st, 1981
Series: None
Number of Pages: 138
Publisher: Ramdom House
Source: Bought
The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969.
The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher Burt Ross introduces a "new" system to his students. And before long "The Wave," with its rules of "strength through discipline, community, and action, " sweeps from the classroom through the entire school. And as most of the students join the movement, Laurie Saunders and David Collins recognize the frightening momentum of "The Wave" and realize they must stop it before it's too late. 
The main reason I bought this book is because I saw the movie based on this book last year and I completely loved it. The main thing that really hit me after reading it is that it could have been so much longer, to really make us feel the how deep the students were into this group.

The book is based on real event, as crazy as it sounds. For once, I really preferred the movie to the book. There is something in seeing it that makes it even more powerful. I also like that the movie take place in the 21st century, which makes us realize that it could still happen today. (People tend to think that they are to smart to fall for that. The book shows the opposite.)

I wish I could have known more about the characters. Everything felt a little superficial.

I would recommend the movie before the book, because it was amazing to me. Loved it. Here’s the trailer of the German movie, if you want to check it out!


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