A review by cgwinters1981
The Cay by Theodore Taylor

3.0

This mainly gets 3 stars due to nostalgia. I read this back in middle school, so I have some memories of it. Reading it as an adult though, I see how Timothy is utilized in a way that would be now considered problematic. He is a foil in many ways to teach our main character to not despise those of a different skin tone. I recognize messages and books like this need to exist, but there are ways to make the story be layered and especially the character that is being used in a problematic way. For nostalgia, I enjoyed it though. I am sure there are other, stronger books to represent change in viewing other human beings though that are better. I do intend to read the other book in the series as well though as I imagine this will be my only return to Taylor's Cay series in this life.