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Lab Partners
by Mora Montgomery
This was a cute story of a boy’s self discovery. 3.75 stars.
Elliot is a young high school senior with no friends. He isn’t the typical “nerd” or characteristically ugly, but because of his loner status, he is bullied relentlessly by this group of three boys. When new kid Jordan arrives at school, he befriends Eli quickly, after being assigned as his new lab partner. Things are starting to look up now that Elliot has a friend, but Jordan blows all of that up with a single kiss. This puts into question Elliot’s sexuality. He must decide what he wants, which is difficult because on one hand, he never even gave any thought to being gay, but on the other hand, he cannot stop thinking about the boy with the greenish-blue eyes.
Not only was this a coming of age (of sorts) story, this was a serious tale of bullying in high school. Even before the rumors of Eli being gay surface, he is bullied to the point of being seriously hurt. This does a good job of representing “why” bullies become bullies. Typically, they have aspects of their own lives in which they have no control over and that causes them to lash out and TAKE that control by lording it over other people. A lot of the times, bullies are bullies because they are afraid of something themselves.
The one thing that I didn’t like about this book was the extremely descriptive parts. The author goes on to tell in detail basic processes. After a while I got used to it and didn’t seem to notice anymore. But in the beginning it was an issue for me.
Elliot and Jordan were cute. They found friendship in one another, which came at a very important time for both of them. The other character I liked was Holly (Holiday). Her revenge at the end was great. I was worried that it would be problematic for me, but ultimately her revenge she served was well deserved.
I received an arc of this title in exchange for an honest review.
Elliot is a young high school senior with no friends. He isn’t the typical “nerd” or characteristically ugly, but because of his loner status, he is bullied relentlessly by this group of three boys. When new kid Jordan arrives at school, he befriends Eli quickly, after being assigned as his new lab partner. Things are starting to look up now that Elliot has a friend, but Jordan blows all of that up with a single kiss. This puts into question Elliot’s sexuality. He must decide what he wants, which is difficult because on one hand, he never even gave any thought to being gay, but on the other hand, he cannot stop thinking about the boy with the greenish-blue eyes.
Not only was this a coming of age (of sorts) story, this was a serious tale of bullying in high school. Even before the rumors of Eli being gay surface, he is bullied to the point of being seriously hurt. This does a good job of representing “why” bullies become bullies. Typically, they have aspects of their own lives in which they have no control over and that causes them to lash out and TAKE that control by lording it over other people. A lot of the times, bullies are bullies because they are afraid of something themselves.
The one thing that I didn’t like about this book was the extremely descriptive parts. The author goes on to tell in detail basic processes. After a while I got used to it and didn’t seem to notice anymore. But in the beginning it was an issue for me.
Elliot and Jordan were cute. They found friendship in one another, which came at a very important time for both of them. The other character I liked was Holly (Holiday). Her revenge at the end was great. I was worried that it would be problematic for me, but ultimately her revenge she served was well deserved.
I received an arc of this title in exchange for an honest review.