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A review by sidneyellwood
Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
4.0
This was nice. The writing was, at times, very beautiful; I haven't read a book so strong in prose in a while. I'm not normally a magical realism person - usually the narration feels too hazy and vague for me, but this struck a good balance. The mystery surrounding the Lockwoods was really interesting and another strong point of the book. It reminded me of Holes but it was really unique and good to read about.
I liked that Barzak chose to have Aidan's love interest be a boy. While I do wish his and Jarrod's relationship was fleshed out more, I liked it a lot. This is the sort of relationship that could just have easily been fulfilled by a girl and it wasn't, which is what I'd like from a lot of LGBT fiction. The characters - apart from Aidan's mother - weren't as developed as I would have liked them to be, but it was still good.
I liked that Barzak chose to have Aidan's love interest be a boy. While I do wish his and Jarrod's relationship was fleshed out more, I liked it a lot. This is the sort of relationship that could just have easily been fulfilled by a girl and it wasn't, which is what I'd like from a lot of LGBT fiction. The characters - apart from Aidan's mother - weren't as developed as I would have liked them to be, but it was still good.