When a crime is committed there is always a victim and a perpetrator. But who is to blame? Who is at fault? A simple mistake on the victims part can leave them stranded and not so innocent. But if the victim is innocent and the perpetrator strikes without warning then it is unpredictable and quite a deal more scary. It it up to the judge and the judicial system to decide who is right and who is wrong and how long the person punished for. But you dear readers have to decide for yourselves, based on ethics and your own thoughts and opinions.
In Cage of Stars by Jacqueline Mitchard, Ronnie a twelve year old girl narrates this heart-breaking and compelling book. Ronnie's plain life in a Mormon community of Utah is turned upside down by her sisters brutal murders by a schizophrenic man named Scott Early. In the next two years Ronnie battles through a media frenzy, the court trials and a new baby brother all with a distraught father and withdrawn mother. As weeks dragged on, the trial commenced and Scott Early is sent to a mental institution and the Swan family feels safe, at least for a little while.
But who is right and who is wrong? I found myself eager to hear more about the mysterious Scott Early who seemed to disappear after the trial. I know that I sound sort of dark, feeling sorry for the crazy killer, but I felt that I was secretly rooting for him for the whole beginning of the book. At first I didn't like Ronnie her and her family annoyed me with their perfect little Mormon world and white picket fences. I secretly jumped for joy when the little girls were buried and thought something like: That will show them, finally, a reality check. Something about Scott Early that intrigued me and drew me in. I wanted to know so much more and disapointed that Jacqueline Mitchard wouldn't give information to murder crazed readers like me.
Years later Ronnie's parents found the strength through their god to forgive Scott Early while Ronnie was disgusted with her parents and got very angry and hurt.I wanted to slap her in the face and say "WAKE UP SO SILLY GIRL YES THIS MAN KILLED YOU SISTERS BUT HE IS CRAZY, NEEDS PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP AND IS SCHIZOPHRENIC HE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE!" of course I didn't yell at the pages of couse I didn't go crazy I calmly said "I wish I knew what happened to that darn Scott Early!"
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