Reviews

Cuckoos Three by Mosskat

jay_mack9712's review

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

I am so thrilled that a co-worker recommended this book to me! I loved it. It was a sweet story about two boys finding their way to each other. Jacob has a lot of trauma to deal with and it is the first time I can recall seeing that specific typed addressed in a story. The illustrations are stunning and Murry is just a bean who needs to be protective at all costs! Highly recommend picking this one up! 

vekenega's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

pachec_oh_no's review against another edition

5.0

Very sweet and cute. I loved the art style, it was flat and simple but had a lot of heart. I especially love how the artist draws hands and eyes. The pets are also just plain adorable.

reader_of_books88's review against another edition

hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

beautyandthebookworms's review against another edition

4.5

4.5-4.75 ⭐️

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🖤Jacob moves to a small town from the city & Murry lives at the farm next door

🖤Murry offers to help with moving & they spend more & more time together 

🖤Murry feels like Jacob understands him more than anyone else does & feels comfortable around him

🖤Jacob tells Murry he has dissociative identity disorder & Murry does whatever he can to help, understand, & ground him

🖤I loved seeing the way Jacob would do special little things for Murry & seeing Murry fall for Jacob 🥹 they’re so adorable I love them together 

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🖤I really enjoyed this book & recommend! the art is amazing too 💕

kitsuneheart's review

5.0

The summary for this book is pretty vague, so let’s be a bit more explicit here: this is a love story between two late teens/young adults, one of whom has dissociative identity disorder. Thankfully, Jacob’s DID is portrayed VERY WELL. He doesn’t switch between absurd personalities and he’s no “manic pixie dream boy.” But it’s also not all “woe is me, how shall I ever live?” DID presents Jacob with challenges, and the climax of the book does involve a moment where his DID adds to an already fraught situation, but we get the impression that life is improving for me, and that there is a way for him to live with and manage his DID.

Love interest Murray is an absolute golden retriever boyfriend. Instant connection to Jacob, always means well, good at sports, just a ray of sunshine. A delight. And I’m content with one character having complications and the other being the human embodiment of a warm hug. It’s a romance!

The setting is a smaller farming town, and so a fair bit of the plot revolves around the community’s homophobia. There’s hate speech and physical violence, so do beware, if you could be triggered by that. But the book does have a happy ending, so getting through the hard times is worth it.

Advanced reader copy provided by the publisher.

zippywafflebuns's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

toasted_ned's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

theangrystackrat's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

tippyloohoo's review

3.0

I thought this was a pretty well thought out graphic novel for the most part. Murry is sweet and Jacob, though it was obvious from the beginning that he was gong to be the one with "the problem", was actually really likable. Jacob's illness was well thought out and executed in a way that didn't feel explorative, but I wish there had been more explanation about his past. I also thought that the ending was a bit lacking. There was no resolution with what happened between Murray and his teammates. I need to know if they were punished for what happened. I need to know if Murray's mom apologized to Jacob. There were just a lot of unanswered questions at the end. Otherwise this was a really sweet queer love story.