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A review by starnosedmole
Sprout by Dale Peck
2.0
I wanted to like this book, and it has quite a few merits to it. The characters are intriguing, the protagonist charming, and real world issues are handled gracefully and without being pedantic.
That said, I kept waiting for something more, and found the last third of the book highly dissatisfying. I was so disappointed at the end that as soon as I finished the last line I actually muttered "Boooooooo!" out loud.
The book is a good character sketch of its narrator, and is refreshing in that there are characters who are gay and developed beyond their orientation. Still, even though I read most of it in a single day, I was tempted to put it down three quarters of the way through because it didn't feel like it was going anywhere; part of me wishes I had.
That said, I kept waiting for something more, and found the last third of the book highly dissatisfying. I was so disappointed at the end that as soon as I finished the last line I actually muttered "Boooooooo!" out loud.
The book is a good character sketch of its narrator, and is refreshing in that there are characters who are gay and developed beyond their orientation. Still, even though I read most of it in a single day, I was tempted to put it down three quarters of the way through because it didn't feel like it was going anywhere; part of me wishes I had.