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A review by humphreads
Kiss by Jacqueline Wilson
3.0
Next up on rereading my teenage faves was Kiss. I had to do something by Jacqueline Wilson and I remembered this one being a bit fucking heavy for fifteen year old moi.
Fair play on my judgement bc I wasn’t wrong - it’s heartbreaking and literally covers homophobia and self-harm. It was really good though, even now. Yes, the insults used don’t have as much power as calling someone a fucking twat, but look past the “stinky bum worm eater” lines and it’s aged very well.
This is about Sylvie and Carl who have been best friends their whole life and then in a relationship but one of those msn, will you go out with me but nothing will actually change relationships. You know what I mean, right?
Sylvie has a complex about being tiny, with her school knowing her as ‘titch’. Carl has bigger fish to fry, questioning his sexuality and feelings for his new best mate Paul, of course while Sylvie is still planning their marriage and while Paul and the rest of his peers are in the stupid teenage stage of using “that’s gay” as an insult.
A very nice trip down nostalgia lane.
Fair play on my judgement bc I wasn’t wrong - it’s heartbreaking and literally covers homophobia and self-harm. It was really good though, even now. Yes, the insults used don’t have as much power as calling someone a fucking twat, but look past the “stinky bum worm eater” lines and it’s aged very well.
This is about Sylvie and Carl who have been best friends their whole life and then in a relationship but one of those msn, will you go out with me but nothing will actually change relationships. You know what I mean, right?
Sylvie has a complex about being tiny, with her school knowing her as ‘titch’. Carl has bigger fish to fry, questioning his sexuality and feelings for his new best mate Paul, of course while Sylvie is still planning their marriage and while Paul and the rest of his peers are in the stupid teenage stage of using “that’s gay” as an insult.
A very nice trip down nostalgia lane.