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novelsinpieces's review against another edition
4.0
This made me cry, hard.
I am knee-deep when it comes to books like this. It feels like I connect to Tretch so much, and it just makes my heart ache and soothed. It becomes this cycle of crying and saying, "Aww." out loud.
My favorite passage had to be this:
“You care so much for other people,” he continues. “But I worry that, after I’m gone, there won’t be anyone at school to care for you.”
When Matt said those words, it just made my eyes tear up (again). How have I not discovered this book earlier? I definitely needed it when I was younger. I'm glad that I picked up this book.
I am knee-deep when it comes to books like this. It feels like I connect to Tretch so much, and it just makes my heart ache and soothed. It becomes this cycle of crying and saying, "Aww." out loud.
My favorite passage had to be this:
“You care so much for other people,” he continues. “But I worry that, after I’m gone, there won’t be anyone at school to care for you.”
When Matt said those words, it just made my eyes tear up (again). How have I not discovered this book earlier? I definitely needed it when I was younger. I'm glad that I picked up this book.
jerrysaywhaaa's review
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I almost didn’t finish this book and I wouldn’t recommend reading it. I put it on my to read list years ago and MAYBE I would have liked it better if I was younger. It was overfilled with too many pop culture references and throws too many plot points at you. It’s like this book couldn’t decide what it wanted to be about so it just scratches the surface of every topic. Nothing really happens in this book and it just kind of ends without anything resolving. I didn’t care about any of the characters either. It was almost like reading a really really bad episode of Glee, especially when it got to the chapter about the dance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Cancer
silenthillda's review
4.0
Slow paced slice of life but enduringly sweet story. Tretch’s journey to self value is filled with agonizing longing moments. At times everything can feel so big when you’re 15 but it really is important to keep it small to those who are important to you. Coming out is never truly easy but it starts within. Even with its upbeat generous moments the book is sprinkled with sadness. But with everything in life, it’s filled with both the good and bad. Trigger Warning ⚠️ Suicide. Overall enjoyed it and appreciated the realness to random life moments, awkward or uncomfortable as they may be. Anything could happen.
resslesa's review
4.0
A lovely coming of age with great characters and soundtrack of referenced songs.
demonsreadtoo's review against another edition
4.0
Having tried starting another book and failing to have it hold my attention, I switched it out for this one and found myself basically unable to function. I had to read this book. I haven’t switched on my TV since I started this one—that’s how much I needed to keep reading it. Tretch—while he may have had a weird name, he was very easy to sympathise with and cheer for. His plight may not have been anything ground breaking, but it reeled you in with its loveable characters and kept you wanting the best for them. Finding a YA book with a good coming out story 10 years back when I was a teenager was next to impossible, so it makes me happier to know that books like this one are out there now.
Read the full review on my blog, Demons Read Too
Read the full review on my blog, Demons Read Too
sandylovesbooks's review
5.0
I am a sucker for these kinds of books. This is about Tretch, (a nickname, he is Richard the third), somehow it combines into Tretch. He is a 15 year old boy who is gay and it's a coming out/coming of age story. Very sweetly done and I loved every bit of it. The happy and funny parts as well as the sad and worrisome parts. I love that I can read these books and learn about other people. A wonderful debut from Will Walton.
cooper_reads_books's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, and Medical content
Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Death of parent