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ariesbrian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Minor: Suicide, Homophobia, and Bullying
clairedearest_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicide and Death
natashaball's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia and Suicide
jakemitton's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Abandonment
augustst's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Suicide
Moderate: Sexual content and Homophobia
Minor: Alcohol
lou_loo's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Suicide
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying
mari_vangberg's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Suicide and Death
hue's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, and Sexual content
meeklovestoread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, and Abandonment
katieb94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I’m also not sure if it’s semi-autobiographical or not.
Another issue I have is with the layout, I just get confused by novels that don’t have speech marks for anything spoken. Even though it was indicated I still
got lost.
The main part of the story is told to use by the writer/narrator as he tells us about his relationship with a boy, Thomas, whilst at high school- including the details of their sex lives too. I liked this part of the book best and seeing their relationship develop was nice to read.
It felt very obsolete though when it came to their adult hood. They drifted away, didn’t contact each other and it isn’t until the narrator meets Thomas’ son that we have any idea what happened after.
It takes a surprisingly sad turn towards the end that I didn’t see coming and there’s no direction it’s going to happen.
3/5 stars.
Sweet little queer romance book.
Graphic: Sexual content and Suicide
Minor: Homophobia