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Bobby Askedahl's The Cal Bomber

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Stanford College is struck with a bomb making one person permanently injured and killing the second. The Cal Bomber is someone who has been sending bombs to colleges around California trying to get revenge for the rise of technology and the point across that we need to go back to the time without relying on it. For years after years of this violence, the Cal Bomber was still not found and remained anonymous. Natalie, a teacher with two daughters and a husband that gets home very late because of work, is struck with a feeling that her brother, Bobby Askedahl, is the terrorizing Cal Bomber. The manifesto of the bomber and her brothers last letter to her sound remarkably similar. She faces numerous challenges throughout the story with her family …show more content…

To the Askedahl’s, that image was not accurate. They had many cracks in their family like sending Bobby to Princeton at 16 years old, letting Sara sneak out, and their mom not doing anything about their dad having an affair. Natalie saw things like other people did. She loved her family and thought they were perfect. She didn’t suspect a thing that could have been happening behind closed doors. This made Natalie such compelling character is this book. She was sometimes oblivious to what was happening but when it comes to family she will never back down. She loved Bobby, her brother, throughout the whole book, and even though she thinks he is the bomber, she still looks out for him and will do anything to protect the ones closest to her. Bobby is a very fascinating person, from writing abnormal letters to living in the middle of nowhere away from civilization. After a long time, Bobby came out of the shadows and arrives at Natalie’s house. She describes him while he’s sitting down, “he stared at his lap, saying nothing, a ghost with warm breath” (25). The last character that caught my eye was Sara. She was never as successful as Bobby and Natalie. She doesn’t have a husband and usually is with their mom. She doesn’t give one care in the world unless something happens to her family. All the Askedahl’s had something in common, they all cared so …show more content…

The characters bring a riveting story to life when reading. Throughout the book, I felt emotions left and right for the characters and what they were going through. There is a lot of mystery and questioning that will be answered later in the book, but once its done, there are still many questions being asked. when I look for a book, that is something that stands out to me because I really want to read more, and when you have that reaction to a book, that means it was worth reading. I found this book remarkable because of the behaviors, characteristics, and decisions that the characters make, and I recommend this book to everyone, even if they don’t like to

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