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A review by melaninuncorkedbc
Isaac's Song by Daniel Black
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Read “Don’t Cry for Me” first; although it’s labeled as a companion book - I think it brings the story together beautifully.
Let’s just start with, I really wanted to see a happy ending with Matthew and Jessie Lee, I know it wasn’t about that, but I needed it 😂.
I have recommended Don’t Cry for Me to so many people, mostly men but everyone. It’s such a great novel. So when I found out Daniel was writing Isaac’s Song, I had to request it.
Without spoiling anything, this book goes through Isaac’s life from his POV. His relationship with his father wasn’t the best. Isaac was a gay man who had trouble identifying as such due to societal standards and his own inner challenges. He goes through this book from childhood to adulthood and eventually begins therapy (and my oh my do I want Isaac’s therapist). He is challenged to write to himself and he starts to uncover things he didn’t know how to acknowledge as a child, or even things that he thought he knew was true (we do that a lot as humans). As he dive into his roots, and after Jacob’s death, he uncovers letters and we get to see the letters from Isaac’s POV and that is where so much of Don’t Cry for Me brings this full circle. I want to read it again honestly.
All in all, Isaac discovers not only himself, but he’s able to forgive the man he thought his father was, he was able to understand his father’s childhood and what he had to sacrifice to allow for Isaac and his mom to live without working. He was harsh, hard, cruel at times - but now Isaac knew more behind the why. I would absolutely recommend this novel to anyone and Daniel has been an auto buy author for
Let’s just start with, I really wanted to see a happy ending with Matthew and Jessie Lee, I know it wasn’t about that, but I needed it 😂.
I have recommended Don’t Cry for Me to so many people, mostly men but everyone. It’s such a great novel. So when I found out Daniel was writing Isaac’s Song, I had to request it.
Without spoiling anything, this book goes through Isaac’s life from his POV. His relationship with his father wasn’t the best. Isaac was a gay man who had trouble identifying as such due to societal standards and his own inner challenges. He goes through this book from childhood to adulthood and eventually begins therapy (and my oh my do I want Isaac’s therapist). He is challenged to write to himself and he starts to uncover things he didn’t know how to acknowledge as a child, or even things that he thought he knew was true (we do that a lot as humans). As he dive into his roots, and after Jacob’s death, he uncovers letters and we get to see the letters from Isaac’s POV and that is where so much of Don’t Cry for Me brings this full circle. I want to read it again honestly.
All in all, Isaac discovers not only himself, but he’s able to forgive the man he thought his father was, he was able to understand his father’s childhood and what he had to sacrifice to allow for Isaac and his mom to live without working. He was harsh, hard, cruel at times - but now Isaac knew more behind the why. I would absolutely recommend this novel to anyone and Daniel has been an auto buy author for