A review by mgj19
You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

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

3.5

You’d be Home Now

Kathleen Glasgow

“Listen, he said. The way you have to think of it is this: high school is like the ocean, like when we went to Mission Beach. There’s a lot of it and it seems scary, like if you go too far out, you’ll never get back. You’ll lose sight of land. And remember all the times we went under and came back up and how great it felt, the sun on our heads, like we beat something? Everybody here is just a different kind of sea creature. Some of them suck, literally and figuratively. Some of them are so beautiful you can’t believe they even exist. And some have scary teeth and weird floppy things, but they’re beautiful, too. And some want to eat you, because that’s just the way it is. I’m sorry about that. I didn’t make the rules if the ocean. The ocean, like high school, have its own laws. But remember this: sometimes the waves knock you down and it send like you isn’t have the strength to push back up, but you do, because whatever the water takes down, it gives back. But you have to adapt or die. Now, go swim.”
(Joey, page 94)

Meh, I didn’t particularly see the point of this book and I don’t have too much to say. But I completely agree with what Joey says about High School/ Secondary School. I am just particularly unlucky and go to a school full of chavs. lol

I’ve seen the reviews, and this book honestly sounded alright. This book was raw but it says that many people are dealing with stories like this in the US. I struggle to believe this but I’ve never been so I don’t know. 

Emmy seemed a bit bland to me. A bit naive possibly. Joey seems like a character with potential. He felt like an underdeveloped character. 

This was definitely better than How to Make Friends with The Dark but still very much a 3 star book. 


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