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A review by mezzythedragon
Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth
3.0
The story doesn’t get interesting until a little into the second half, when Carson starts the protest against the racist Custard.
The blurb was a bit misleading with the “first love” bit; I thought Carson and Maggi would get together, but instead Carson has an unrequited crush on her while she, a fifteen-year-old, gets into a disturbing relationship with the pervy Jim, a thirty-year-old white man. In fact, both Jim and Custard are disgusting, with the way they, grown-ass “men,” bully and prey on teenagers.
If anything, the one I rooted for was Lewis. The poor kid was bullied and picked on throughout the book, both by those assholes and his “friends,” but glad he stood up for himself in the end. Don’t know if I want to read his book, though; I hate bullies.
The blurb was a bit misleading with the “first love” bit; I thought Carson and Maggi would get together, but instead Carson has an unrequited crush on her while she, a fifteen-year-old, gets into a disturbing relationship with the pervy Jim, a thirty-year-old white man. In fact, both Jim and Custard are disgusting, with the way they, grown-ass “men,” bully and prey on teenagers.
If anything, the one I rooted for was Lewis. The poor kid was bullied and picked on throughout the book, both by those assholes and his “friends,” but glad he stood up for himself in the end. Don’t know if I want to read his book, though; I hate bullies.