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jessjess125's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
pirategirl121's review
5.0
On June 12, 2016, tragedy happened. In attendance at the Pulse Nightclubs shooting Brandon made it out alive, his two best friends did not.
This is a memoir starting at life long before Pulse and the struggles he faced being mixed race and queer. This book comes with the obvious TW for gun violence/mass shooting but also SA and the hate the LGBTQ+ community receives. This memoir is beautiful and tragic. It’s an inside look at the struggles of growing up and the unpreparedness after one decision changes your life forever.
To Drew and Juan and the other 47 angels were taken far too soon. I hope this book helps find peace for those that need it.
This is a memoir starting at life long before Pulse and the struggles he faced being mixed race and queer. This book comes with the obvious TW for gun violence/mass shooting but also SA and the hate the LGBTQ+ community receives. This memoir is beautiful and tragic. It’s an inside look at the struggles of growing up and the unpreparedness after one decision changes your life forever.
To Drew and Juan and the other 47 angels were taken far too soon. I hope this book helps find peace for those that need it.
loadsofbooks's review
4.0
I received a review copy of this book via NetGalley and Little A in exchange for an honest review.
This book was both honest and heartbreaking.
Wolf uses this platform to speak his truth and share parts of his life with the reader in order to fully immerse yourself in his life.
From the very first chapter I was enamoured with Wolf. His intelligence and personality shone through in this memoir and I felt as though I knew him personally.
Opening with a detailed recount into his childhood, the reader gets to know Wolf as a young child as he navigates and transitions from loosing his mother to feeling like an outsider in his own family. As we read on we grow with Wolf as he discovers his sexuality and tries to find his place within the world.
Wolf also goes through many traumatic events within his childhood and also adolescence. We all remember the Pulse Nightclub shooting of June 2016 and the tragedy surrounding it. Within this memoir, we dive in head first, reliving the trauma and grief through Wolf. We also see how the trauma lives on, but how Wolf takes this awful event and advocates for those who experienced the shooting but also those who have been in similar situations.
This book was extremely eye opening and is written beautifully.
I would recommend this memoir to anyone!
This book was both honest and heartbreaking.
Wolf uses this platform to speak his truth and share parts of his life with the reader in order to fully immerse yourself in his life.
From the very first chapter I was enamoured with Wolf. His intelligence and personality shone through in this memoir and I felt as though I knew him personally.
Opening with a detailed recount into his childhood, the reader gets to know Wolf as a young child as he navigates and transitions from loosing his mother to feeling like an outsider in his own family. As we read on we grow with Wolf as he discovers his sexuality and tries to find his place within the world.
Wolf also goes through many traumatic events within his childhood and also adolescence. We all remember the Pulse Nightclub shooting of June 2016 and the tragedy surrounding it. Within this memoir, we dive in head first, reliving the trauma and grief through Wolf. We also see how the trauma lives on, but how Wolf takes this awful event and advocates for those who experienced the shooting but also those who have been in similar situations.
This book was extremely eye opening and is written beautifully.
I would recommend this memoir to anyone!
ashocap's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape and Mass/school shootings
katpen96's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
pickashelf's review against another edition
emotional
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings