Moral Compass, by Danielle Steel, addresses the topic of rape in the setting of an elite boarding school in the United States.
The novel starts out on the first day back to school in September, with faculty arriving and observing students and their parents unloading baggage from cars. Many characters are introduced and we learn that it’s the first year that the school is accepting female students. We don’t get into the action until chapter three, at Halloween.
The pace picks up quickly from there. Danielle Steel brings out the unique personalities of the characters vividly. Each person involved reacts differently to the incident, and there are many more people affected than one might think. Faculty, board members, parents, police, lawyers, and the students themselves. Which way will the dominoes fall? Each family of the students involved has their own sub-story, with surprising results.
The complex relationships between all the characters is very interesting. As a reader I learned a lot about how the American justice system works.
Moral Compass appealed to me as a parent, a former teacher, and women’s worker. So glad my son picked it out as a Christmas gift for me.
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Francine Rivers is an expert at bringing out all the factors around the situation in a way that captivates and draws the reader into the story. Her writing flows smoothly so this 375 page book doesn’t feel like a long read.