[Such Nice People] could have come from page one of the sensational press, and it may be based in fact. But translating it to fiction (with a lurid masturbation-sodomy scene and graphic details of seven murders) seems indefensible unless cause and motivation are explored; and despite smatterings of psychological jargon, a mysterious "chemical break" is the only explanation. Scoppettone's readable enough style and canny handling of adolescent characters are not reasons enough to buy this.
Michele M. Leber, in her review of "Such Nice People," in Library Journal (reprinted from Library Journal, April 15, 1980; published by R. R. Bowker Co. (a Xerox company): copyright © 1980 by Xerox Corporation), Vol. 105, No. 8, April 15, 1980. p. 1005.
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