The Hunting Accident by David L. Carlson and Landis Blair
"You'll never be free until you free yourself from the prison in your mind"
*note* This book was ever so kindly sent to me by FirstSecond Books for an honest review.
This book is a lot deeper than I had originally thought. It touches upon serious subject matters as in life and death and the meaning of life. It’s not just a story of a boy’s father and his dark past. It’s about a man losing his way in life, and overcoming all of the darkness that spans in front of him.
Matthew Rizzo was a seriously tormented man after he lost his sight. He wanted death rather than life. His friendship with Leopold saved him in more ways than one. An unusual friendship, but a strong one. Leopold showed Rizzo what he had to live for. Leopold taught Rizzo how to see again, how to read again, and how to have the will to live again.
It came down to Rizzo being on the brink of suicide when he realized that Dante had written more than one book. He had written two more. Rizzo didn’t want to die because he needed to read the next two books, but I also saw this as him finding the will to live again. To find out what else life had to offer him.
This book was so much more than a story of a boy and his father. It’s about having the will to live and finding your purpose.
"The only way you can really know you know something is if you can teach it to someone else"
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