A review by sincerelykiwi
Boy at the Window by Lauren Melissa Ellzey

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I think I was expecting more from this but it was okay. There is something I didn’t particularly like that affected how I viewed and read the story. The fact that a Black queer woman wrote from the perspective of a gay Asian teen boy. It’s not the gender that made me second guess but the ethnicity. I feel like when authors write from a community that they may not be fully integrated into it feels inauthentic to me.
I will say that Daniel’s story seems like it could be important for younger queer kids who can maybe relate.