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A review by indiekay
Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden
5.0
4.5 stars
There were a few points in this story where I was tempted to DNF this. I was really worried it'd end up in the "oh God I hated this main character so much" pile next to Jay's Gay Agenda. LUCKILY I Stuck through with this one, and I absolutely loved how the book ended.
So, Noah lies A LOT during this book. It was really frustrating, because there were a lot of points where saying the truth would have actually been a lot easier than the lies he comes up with. He's also being bullied at school, has no friends other than his sister who lives in another part of the country, and his parents fucking suck. His mother is selfish and self-centred, and his father is absent.
I found the bullying, loneliness and bad parenting that Noah deals with incredibly upsetting at times. It really made me feel frustrated and hopeless and I wanted to DNF it just because of that sometimes. I'm glad the author at least gave him his sister, who was really supportive and loving to him throughout the entire book.
By the end of the book, we find out more about why Noah decided to lie so much, and the resolutions to the other things I mentioned are really satisfying. I also enjoyed the realistic open ending to the romance aspect of this book.
There were a few points in this story where I was tempted to DNF this. I was really worried it'd end up in the "oh God I hated this main character so much" pile next to Jay's Gay Agenda. LUCKILY I Stuck through with this one, and I absolutely loved how the book ended.
So, Noah lies A LOT during this book. It was really frustrating, because there were a lot of points where saying the truth would have actually been a lot easier than the lies he comes up with. He's also being bullied at school, has no friends other than his sister who lives in another part of the country, and his parents fucking suck. His mother is selfish and self-centred, and his father is absent.
I found the bullying, loneliness and bad parenting that Noah deals with incredibly upsetting at times. It really made me feel frustrated and hopeless and I wanted to DNF it just because of that sometimes. I'm glad the author at least gave him his sister, who was really supportive and loving to him throughout the entire book.
By the end of the book, we find out more about why Noah decided to lie so much, and the resolutions to the other things I mentioned are really satisfying. I also enjoyed the realistic open ending to the romance aspect of this book.