A review by hatseflats
deadkidsongs by Toby Litt

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!