papertraildiary 's review for:

Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry

4.0

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This book was so fun! Now, I am not into religion. I don’t like talking about it, I don’t feel it, I am perplexed at how it’s governed the world, etc. So when I heard about this book about an atheist boy named Michael who ends up at a Catholic high school and joins a group of other misfits, I was intrigued. This book was everything I wanted and then some. I didn’t expect it to be so funny and include so many dick jokes, I didn’t expect to learn much about Catholicism in a way that didn’t annoy me, and I hadn’t really thought about what it would be like if the main character actually realized how the school was good for him. The group of misfits are as loveable as you’d hope for – there’s Lucy, who Michael falls for but finds out she wishes she could be a priest; there’s Avi, who is Jewish and gay; Max, who just wants to wear capes and not be bothered about it; and Eden, who practices paganism. Together they form Heretics Anonymous, and they decide it’s up to them to teach the school a thing or two about how they still exist in the Dark Ages about sex ed and silly rules. Seriously, this was really fun!