Keir doesn't understand why Gigi has accused him of raping her. That's not how he remembers it. He believes he's a good guy, and good guys don't rape girls. He leads the reader through a series of events leading up to the pivotal night, a night that seemed magical and surreal to Keir.

Although clues to Keir's unreliability as narrator emerged, he remained for me a sympathetic character, one who thought and acted like a modern day Holden Caulfield. This book would be a great companion to Lauire Halsen Anderson's Speak as well. ( )

Reviewed by Cana Rensberger for TeensReadToo.com

Keir is a good guy. He's about to graduate from high school and follow his older sisters to college. The reader will admire the closeness of his family: the father, a widower who has raised his three children alone; the son who adores his older sisters. Yes, Keir is a good guy.

When an opposing football player is gravely injured as a result of Keir's perfect tackle, we believe Keir. It's not his fault. He's a good guy. Right?

The reader will wonder, along with Keir, if it was really possible that he's been a part of the vandalism of a local monument. And surely Keir, a spring soccer player himself, would never have contributed to the football teams' severe hazing of his teammates after the soccer banquet.

When his sister's aren't able to attend his graduation, the reader empathizes with his feelings of betrayal. We understand his need to let loose on the night of his graduation and feel concern as he faces troubling choices. We feel hopeful when Gigi, the girl of his dreams, leans on him when her boyfriend stands her up. Just like Keir's sisters.

The evening becomes a kaleidoscope of emotions, which result in risky behavior, a three-hour limo ride across the state line, a visit to his college, and a night with Gigi. Keir's a good boy. He would never commit the inexcusable...would he?

I read this book all the way through in one sitting. It was riveting. INEXCUSABLE by Chris Lynch is a glimpse into a boy walking a blurred line into manhood. This is a must read for any young man who has ever been, or ever expects to be, in love. ( )

Keir is a guy who claims to have two heartbeats, as if there are competing beings within him. At the beginning of the book, Keir show us a side of himself that seems as if maybe he has been falsely accused of rape or there has been some sort of misunderstanding. As more and more things about him are revealed, like his use of alcohol and drugs, participation in vandalism, and hazing of other students within the school, it becomes apparent that Keir is not necessarily the good guy he claims to be. Keir is quick to label the actions of others as inexcusable, but he is not willing to put that mirror up to his own behavior.
The story is told in alternating chapters, giving snipets of the aftermath of the rape with Gigi and giving more exposition about Keir. ( )

This book centers around highschool football kicker and third string cornerback Keir Saifan. He is a senior without a mother and his sisters off at college. The whole book centers around him saying that everybody he knows knows he's a good person. Every few pages it flashes to him trying to calm a girl down and denying his wrongdoing. I felt the beginning and middle of the book was easy and somewhat interesting, while the very end was the same but just about the biggest cliffhanger I've ever read and it seemed like Lynch was just tired of writing.

I would recommend you read this book only if you want a semi-decent one and can't find any great ones. ( )

alcoholism, date rape, consequences, drugs ( )