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magicbetweenpages 's review for:
Surrender Your Sons
by Adam Sass
I was gifted an eARC copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
** Spoiler Alert**
This one was incredibly hard to read, not only because of the story line but because of all of the pain throughout the story. It was painful to read how miss-informed, judgmental and downright evil some people can be. How a mother can sacrifice her son to a conversion camp because of her own fears – fears of being judged by a churchy small town who are so backwards in their ways its borderline tragic. I read this book feeling so angry, and sad, so sad. Adam did an amazing job at telling a story that is so true it could have been a true-life story. Its 2020 and this madness still exists in society where it shouldn’t have a place anymore. There were parts in this story that had me shook to the core, its real, its gritty and needs to be read.
After Conner gets pressured to come out to his mom all hell breaks loose, kidnapped by the Reverend of his small town and shipped off to a conversion camp on a Costa Rica island, a mystery needs to be solved and escape is on all the campers minds. We see bonds formed and friendships made, comradery and fierce connections between the characters I fell in love with.
There is a trigger warning for a reason, there will be parts that are extremely hard to read. But it’s the realness that makes this book worth reading. The writing was exceptional and Conner’s story was told in an absolutely brilliant way.
** Spoiler Alert**
This one was incredibly hard to read, not only because of the story line but because of all of the pain throughout the story. It was painful to read how miss-informed, judgmental and downright evil some people can be. How a mother can sacrifice her son to a conversion camp because of her own fears – fears of being judged by a churchy small town who are so backwards in their ways its borderline tragic. I read this book feeling so angry, and sad, so sad. Adam did an amazing job at telling a story that is so true it could have been a true-life story. Its 2020 and this madness still exists in society where it shouldn’t have a place anymore. There were parts in this story that had me shook to the core, its real, its gritty and needs to be read.
After Conner gets pressured to come out to his mom all hell breaks loose, kidnapped by the Reverend of his small town and shipped off to a conversion camp on a Costa Rica island, a mystery needs to be solved and escape is on all the campers minds. We see bonds formed and friendships made, comradery and fierce connections between the characters I fell in love with.
There is a trigger warning for a reason, there will be parts that are extremely hard to read. But it’s the realness that makes this book worth reading. The writing was exceptional and Conner’s story was told in an absolutely brilliant way.