Monday 13 March 2017

Struck By Lightning by Chris Colfer

Struck By Lightning is a coming-of-age novel by Chris Colfer best known for playing Kurt Hummel on Glee.


The story begins with the growing up of young Carson Phillips in a small town in the US. Carson's parents divorced when he was a kid which had a huge impact on his personality formation. Carson's father didn't participate in his life very much and his mom never got over her broken marriage and started heavy drinking and substance abuse. 


Being a highschool student, Carson found himself alienated from the entire population of his town and it became his paramount ambition to get into Northwestern University and leave Clover for good. 


However, on the way to his dreams, Carson encounters a lot of obstacles and has to make tough decisions. Having had to blackmail nearly every senior student of his school he is getting closer to his destination, however, he is yet to find out what the future holds for him.



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