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A review by kitsuneheart
Cuckoos Three by Mosskat
5.0
The summary for this book is pretty vague, so let’s be a bit more explicit here: this is a love story between two late teens/young adults, one of whom has dissociative identity disorder. Thankfully, Jacob’s DID is portrayed VERY WELL. He doesn’t switch between absurd personalities and he’s no “manic pixie dream boy.” But it’s also not all “woe is me, how shall I ever live?” DID presents Jacob with challenges, and the climax of the book does involve a moment where his DID adds to an already fraught situation, but we get the impression that life is improving for me, and that there is a way for him to live with and manage his DID.
Love interest Murray is an absolute golden retriever boyfriend. Instant connection to Jacob, always means well, good at sports, just a ray of sunshine. A delight. And I’m content with one character having complications and the other being the human embodiment of a warm hug. It’s a romance!
The setting is a smaller farming town, and so a fair bit of the plot revolves around the community’s homophobia. There’s hate speech and physical violence, so do beware, if you could be triggered by that. But the book does have a happy ending, so getting through the hard times is worth it.
Advanced reader copy provided by the publisher.
Love interest Murray is an absolute golden retriever boyfriend. Instant connection to Jacob, always means well, good at sports, just a ray of sunshine. A delight. And I’m content with one character having complications and the other being the human embodiment of a warm hug. It’s a romance!
The setting is a smaller farming town, and so a fair bit of the plot revolves around the community’s homophobia. There’s hate speech and physical violence, so do beware, if you could be triggered by that. But the book does have a happy ending, so getting through the hard times is worth it.
Advanced reader copy provided by the publisher.