BOOK REVIEW

ON -PLEASE
DON’T MAKE
ME GO

Ms. Bushra Shaikh

PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME GO
Title : Please Don’t Make Me
Go
Author : John Fenton
Date Of Published : 1 / 9 /
2008
Page : 344 Pages
Publisher : Harper Collins
Publishers
•John was born into family with a
violent and cold-blooded father,
whom sent him to a strict Catholic
boarding school in England when
he was 13.
•He had to quickly adjust to the
brutal beatings, sexual abuses and
harsh spoken languages at this so
called boarding school.
During his teenage years, John
met mentors, friends, enemies,
and even sexual partners.
Bernard, his best friend, was
always beside him through tough
times and they helped each other
through their long agonizing life
at school.
•Brother Delaney was a comforting mentor for John,
because he saw that John was different from other
students.
•Wilkinson took advantage of John and was his number
one enemy ever since.
• John had a healthy relationship with his mother and
was always determined to protect her from his father
•In this book, John’s maturity
level massively increases in a few
years time. He started out as a
weak and scrawny child who
couldn’t protect himself from his
awfully hysterical father but as
he goes through unforgettable
appalling experiences, he learnt to
stand up and defend himself from
violence
WHY I FOUND THIS BOOK
INTERESTING?
he central theme of this book is courage and
determination. John’s courage and bravery was
what kept him alive all those years living with a
bunch of ghastly and inhumane human beings. He
adapted well into his new environment and learnt to
make his own decisions as he was growing up.
 RECOMMANDATION
• Fenton is a hero in my eyes. His story is heart-breaking
one and will have you in tears.
•I cannot put the book down and cannot stop thinking about
what he had went through his young life.
•is a touched story of a 13 years old boy who had gone
through the brooding terror, the countless malicious caning,
peer-to-peer violence which had driven me into a chaotic
world.
•It is a brilliant story and so graphically written so that you can
understand it easily and actually lived the experienced.
•If you do not feel satisfied or even grateful with your life, you
ought to read this book and then you will know how to appreciate it
and how the world could be cruel beyond your expectation.