The Testament of Jessie Lamb

The Testament of Jessie Lamb was in some ways a frustrating book to read, and it doesn’t offer any easy answers. What it does offer is an often-irritating view into the inner workings of the mind of a suicidal 16-year-old idealist. Jessie’s immaturity and the carelessness with which she treats the people who love her is almost painful to read. I appreciated the novel as a look into the thought process that could lead a young girl to decide to throw away her life for a cause, and as an exploration of how that decision alters the balance of power between the girl and her parents. The story steers deliberately around any moral judgment of Jessie’s behavior, but I wish there had been more discussion within the story of the morality and ethicality of Jessie and her right to make such a decision.

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