Reviews

Deadkidsongs by Toby Litt

hatseflats's review against another edition

5.0

This is truly a unique novel on so many levels. The structure, for one, is ingenious and original. I would like to say why I think that is so, but it would be a spoiler. Toby Litt does an amazing job at presenting the mindset of young boys. I don't think I've read another writer who has presented the spirit of boyhood as convincingly as Toby Litt since reading Robert C McCammon's "Boy's Life". The change in mood within this novel is also something that I've not really encountered before. What begins as a bucolic story slowly, gradually, and eventually becomes something that is both nightmarish and stomach churning. I honestly felt a bit nauseated at times in reading Deadkidsongs. I rated this one 5-stars because it literally was an "amazing" read!

mysticalgoalpaca's review

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

ollybolly84's review against another edition

3.0

Well written but seemed a little disjointed.

emilycarvelli's review

adventurous dark sad tense

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

5.0

aluminij's review

1.0

I don't know what to rate this book. It's really well written but the story is so fucked up and disturbing I wanted to stop reading it halfway through, but was too curious what would happen so I ended up skipping around 100 pages alltogether in separate parts. Do not reccomend it to sensitive people, it still makes me physically sick thinking about it, there's some scary twisted fucked up violence. Very compelling, but yeah. Horrible.

bonnieking's review

5.0

Haunting. I won't forget this book. Its clever, suffocating and rich.

johno's review

4.0

Starts off pretty cheery and nostalgic, and captures being a young boy pretty well.

Then it starts to get slowly more disturbing. It kept me guessing until the end... although I'm still not really sure what happened then.