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A review by herbiehickmott
Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
4.5
A head-first dive into intense teenage friendship and adolescence.
The central characters of Idlewild are only a couple of years older than me, but I was still hit with a nostalgic gut-punch. James Frankie Thomas expertly captures what it was like to be a teenager in the aughts -- frantically connecting with friends over AIM, checking and updating various blogs, and finding a way to make every interaction as dramatic as possible.
I loved the alternating narrative threads. I loved the visceral way Thomas could capture the intense feelings for a queer (or closeted) teenager.
The central characters of Idlewild are only a couple of years older than me, but I was still hit with a nostalgic gut-punch. James Frankie Thomas expertly captures what it was like to be a teenager in the aughts -- frantically connecting with friends over AIM, checking and updating various blogs, and finding a way to make every interaction as dramatic as possible.
I loved the alternating narrative threads. I loved the visceral way Thomas could capture the intense feelings for a queer (or closeted) teenager.