5/26/2023 0 Comments The Compound by S.A. Bodeen![]() ![]() And for the love of Jesus don’t force kids to read this one. ![]() ![]() The author is obviously very talented to have sparked these emotions that still unsettle me to this day, but maybe wait till your kids/ you are at least 16 to read this one. A deep take on mental health and psychological horror/thriller. From what I remember the story isn’t bad perse but just really dark. Bodeen, we find Eli, a twin without his other half, stuck in an underground compound with the rest of his family after a nuclear attack. But it was enough for 11 year old me to forever hate this book and start me in therapy young lol. (Stephanie A. In the end it’s revealed that the dad is a nut job and they don’t actually eat the babies. Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe. Eli and his family have lived in the Compound for six years. ![]() Spoilers to follow, this book subjects HEAVILY around a wife being forced to birth children just so her older children can eat them because the dad poisoned the cows. Bodeen's The Compound is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. I am now 21 and this book still gives me nightmares. I was forced to read this BY MYSELF for school when I was 11 not even in group read. I was scrolling through my read on audible and this monstrosity came up and let me tell you this book has followed me. ![]()
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