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A review by evila_elf
Husky by Justin Sayre
1.0
Davis doesn't want to be labeled as The Husky Kid. And is life is kinda falling apart because his mom is seeing someone and his best friend doesn't invite him to a girls' makeover thing. (And, despite how big of a fit he throws, he balks at the idea of being The Gay Kid)
So what does Davis do? He complains and pretty much alienates everyone around him. His complaints are louder than his nana's, which we are reminded of how shouty she is every. time. she. talks. I really don't know how he ended up with any friends by the end of this.
At one point, he sulks and doesn't get out of bed all day. He's bored, but he doesn't want to get up. I think we get a full chapter of that exciting part of his life.
This book nudges a lot of issues: being overweight, a working mother who isn't home, a mother who is dating someone new, possibly being gay, friends changing, new friends...etc. But NOTHING is handled with any depth, nor does Davis try to do anything about anything except complain and sulk.
I believe one of his friends was trying to flirt with him and fine, I get that Davis probably has no idea what is going on. In the second from last page (I think), someone gives him the new label of gay. His response is pretty much: 'I guess that is my new label, I hate it. I need to find my own label I guess.'
*sigh*
The whole point of this book should have been about finding your labels. And the fact that it doesn't end with Davis finally finding his defeats the whole purpose of the book. Unless gay really was his label, but the author didn't want to commit to anything with any depth, so who knows.
(Unless...maybe the author is trying to get the READER to give Davis a label: The kid loves Opera, his best friends are girls, he throws a tantrum about not going to the makeover. Then turns around and tells us that the label we might have given him is wrong. Which is an amazing concept if true, but handled so poorly)
And this book is repetitive. You know how when you write a thesis, how you start with your theme, then end with your theme? That is what every other paragraph felt like. And at one point, when something was being described like for the first time, I already knew the whole paragraph of information. I wish the book was fluffed out with new content.
I was going to give this 2 stars, but the only thing I enjoyed about it was when Davis got in BIG trouble and finally had to account for his actions. That was a looooong time coming.
And I hate myself that my longest review in a long time is for a book I could barely stand.
So what does Davis do? He complains and pretty much alienates everyone around him. His complaints are louder than his nana's, which we are reminded of how shouty she is every. time. she. talks. I really don't know how he ended up with any friends by the end of this.
At one point, he sulks and doesn't get out of bed all day. He's bored, but he doesn't want to get up. I think we get a full chapter of that exciting part of his life.
This book nudges a lot of issues: being overweight, a working mother who isn't home, a mother who is dating someone new, possibly being gay, friends changing, new friends...etc. But NOTHING is handled with any depth, nor does Davis try to do anything about anything except complain and sulk.
I believe one of his friends was trying to flirt with him and fine, I get that Davis probably has no idea what is going on. In the second from last page (I think), someone gives him the new label of gay. His response is pretty much: 'I guess that is my new label, I hate it. I need to find my own label I guess.'
*sigh*
The whole point of this book should have been about finding your labels. And the fact that it doesn't end with Davis finally finding his defeats the whole purpose of the book. Unless gay really was his label, but the author didn't want to commit to anything with any depth, so who knows.
(Unless...maybe the author is trying to get the READER to give Davis a label: The kid loves Opera, his best friends are girls, he throws a tantrum about not going to the makeover. Then turns around and tells us that the label we might have given him is wrong. Which is an amazing concept if true, but handled so poorly)
And this book is repetitive. You know how when you write a thesis, how you start with your theme, then end with your theme? That is what every other paragraph felt like. And at one point, when something was being described like for the first time, I already knew the whole paragraph of information. I wish the book was fluffed out with new content.
I was going to give this 2 stars, but the only thing I enjoyed about it was when Davis got in BIG trouble and finally had to account for his actions. That was a looooong time coming.
And I hate myself that my longest review in a long time is for a book I could barely stand.