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A review by eden_in_verse
Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada
4.0
I got a free ARC copy of the audiobook from NetGalley!
The narrator is Michael Crouch, who is pretty much an audiobook legend at this point and definitely hit the mark!
Anthony Nerada pulled me in with that authors note at the beginning! I had an overall really good time reading this. Mac is young and dumb. Bad decisions were made and lessons were learned. The vibes were definitely giving Avril.
Quotes:
“No one ever asked me why I was angry in the first place cause what does a kid know right”
“You gave me the strength to put myself first”
“Maybe finding yourself means meeting somewhere in the middle of who you were and who you want to be”
My cons:
-mentions pandemic
-I got second hand embarrassment so bad I had to pause for an extended period of time a total of 8 times(it is about high schooler finding themselves so I guess it’s supposed to be embarrassing)
-um I don’t know how well the author knows ballet considering he said Mac picked up Tristians ballet shoe by the laces…. What? Do you mean the elastic or are you thinking of pointe shoe ribbons? Cause men typically wear flat shoes they don’t have ribbons And then using the word prance to describe the way he moved… not a fan of that but the book’s not really about ballet, I’m just a ballet dancer and it felt weird.
-Ohio is described as half way across the country from New York… um not really. This is not that big of a problem but I thought about it for a solid 20 minutes.
The narrator is Michael Crouch, who is pretty much an audiobook legend at this point and definitely hit the mark!
Anthony Nerada pulled me in with that authors note at the beginning! I had an overall really good time reading this. Mac is young and dumb. Bad decisions were made and lessons were learned. The vibes were definitely giving Avril.
Quotes:
“No one ever asked me why I was angry in the first place cause what does a kid know right”
“You gave me the strength to put myself first”
“Maybe finding yourself means meeting somewhere in the middle of who you were and who you want to be”
My cons:
-mentions pandemic
-I got second hand embarrassment so bad I had to pause for an extended period of time a total of 8 times(it is about high schooler finding themselves so I guess it’s supposed to be embarrassing)
-um I don’t know how well the author knows ballet considering he said Mac picked up Tristians ballet shoe by the laces…. What? Do you mean the elastic or are you thinking of pointe shoe ribbons? Cause men typically wear flat shoes they don’t have ribbons And then using the word prance to describe the way he moved… not a fan of that but the book’s not really about ballet, I’m just a ballet dancer and it felt weird.
-Ohio is described as half way across the country from New York… um not really. This is not that big of a problem but I thought about it for a solid 20 minutes.