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A review by mesy_mark
The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun David Hutchinson
4.0
I categorize this book as LGBT even though being gay was just one of the plot points and not a major one (I know Rusty was burned for being gay but I mean in general romance wasn't the driving force of this book to me)
Andrew, or Drew, or Andy or Whatever is living in a hospital after the death of his parents and sister in a car crash. A lunch worker and is friends with the staff. He also is an artist and draws a comic about Patient F.
But on one night in the hospital a call is in a boy is on his way and he had been set ablaze. Apparent hate crime. Now as Drew goes about visiting patients he starts visiting Rusty, the boy set a fire. But things get complicated with Death. Always looming around, ready to take the make shift family Drew knows.
What i like about this book was that it covers heavy subjects. Feelings of god, whether one believes in it or not or is just indifferent, death and what it really means to loose someone, responsibility, guilt, and the what one deserves. Each is tackled in many ways
What I didn't like about this book is that I came in expecting a tad bit more of a romance and more emphasize on a gay hate crime. Other than that I give this book a 4/5 stars.
Andrew, or Drew, or Andy or Whatever is living in a hospital after the death of his parents and sister in a car crash. A lunch worker and is friends with the staff. He also is an artist and draws a comic about Patient F.
But on one night in the hospital a call is in a boy is on his way and he had been set ablaze. Apparent hate crime. Now as Drew goes about visiting patients he starts visiting Rusty, the boy set a fire. But things get complicated with Death. Always looming around, ready to take the make shift family Drew knows.
What i like about this book was that it covers heavy subjects. Feelings of god, whether one believes in it or not or is just indifferent, death and what it really means to loose someone, responsibility, guilt, and the what one deserves. Each is tackled in many ways
Spoiler
like the date night for the two ped patients with cancer, or Lexi's death- one of the ped patients-, or the relationship between Rusty and DrewWhat I didn't like about this book is that I came in expecting a tad bit more of a romance and more emphasize on a gay hate crime. Other than that I give this book a 4/5 stars.