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A review by bottomofthebookshelf
Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
4.0
“It was so kind of you to visit me in my loneliness.”
*Thank you to Netgalley and North Star Editions at Flux for giving me this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review*
Wow, this was a wild ride! This story follows Connor Major as he’s taken from his home under his mom’s direction and shipped off to conversion “therapy” on a tropical island where a mystery unfolds. This book was funny at times, but extremely dark at other times. I found myself making the surprised pikachu face often in the second half of this book.
I find it hard to review this without spoiling much, but I was guessing the conclusion of the mystery the entire book and I was STILL wrong! This book does a really good job at portraying people not as good or evil, but as a mix of both. I was truly conflicted sometimes in how I was feeling about certain characters, because we are made to feel sympathy for them without having that excuse their awful actions.
I’m leaving out a star because the pacing felt a little off in this book. The whole story takes place in a short amount of time, but it felt like way longer because of the length of the story. I would have loved to see the storyline stretched out over more days so that the character development made a little more sense. All in all, I highly recommend this book! Just be prepared for some really dark themes such as internalized homophobia, homophobia, suicide, transphobia, and violence.
*Thank you to Netgalley and North Star Editions at Flux for giving me this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review*
Wow, this was a wild ride! This story follows Connor Major as he’s taken from his home under his mom’s direction and shipped off to conversion “therapy” on a tropical island where a mystery unfolds. This book was funny at times, but extremely dark at other times. I found myself making the surprised pikachu face often in the second half of this book.
I find it hard to review this without spoiling much, but I was guessing the conclusion of the mystery the entire book and I was STILL wrong! This book does a really good job at portraying people not as good or evil, but as a mix of both. I was truly conflicted sometimes in how I was feeling about certain characters, because we are made to feel sympathy for them without having that excuse their awful actions.
I’m leaving out a star because the pacing felt a little off in this book. The whole story takes place in a short amount of time, but it felt like way longer because of the length of the story. I would have loved to see the storyline stretched out over more days so that the character development made a little more sense. All in all, I highly recommend this book! Just be prepared for some really dark themes such as internalized homophobia, homophobia, suicide, transphobia, and violence.