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zpitts's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Bullying
Moderate: Racism and Blood
pkc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Violence
tiredcath's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
From the start, I was completely enchanted by this book. Andy Mientus has a fantastic voice, his writing style is gripping and honest. Each character has a unique voice and story to tell, all intertwining with each other with ease. Fraternity quickly climbed up my favorite reads of this year within minutes of reading.
Fraternity takes on many hats; classism, occults, the AIDs crisis, sexuality, bullying, homophobia, and racism- I could go on but won't for the sake of remaining spoiler free. The point is as interesting as the plot is, what's going on in between really made me love this story. The first half of the novel is much lighter in comparison to the second. Mientus paints the picture of the anxiety and fear of that time period without dreading the reader, as much as he shows pain, he shows joy. There's an especially beautiful part in one of Daniel's chapters that really hits that feeling home.
There's some surprise body horror, touching moments, loads of mystery, and gorgeously frightening imagery. Mientus knew what kind of story he wanted to tell and he told that story perfectly. Zooey, Daniel, Leo, and Steven will stay with me for a long time. I cannot praise this book enough. Cannot praise Andy Mientus' writing enough. I will be first in line for whatever he plans next.
About the audiobook: I was so pleased to hear all three boys have different narrators. Each of them gave the characters life. If you're planning on reading this I really recommend the audiobook.
Queer horror is such an important genre, for so many reasons but mostly so stories like these can be told.
Thank you, NetGalley for this arc in exchange for my honest review.
Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Homophobia, Outing, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Blood
childoftheninth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Recorded Books for an advance audio copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Fraternity is out 9/20/22!
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Cancer, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Homophobia
Moderate: Blood, Racism, Transphobia, and Vomit
Minor: Deadnaming, Sexual assault, and Sexual content