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miabania's review
I loved this book when I was a crappy 13 year old. Now I can’t get 30 pages because there’s “I'm no gay,”, “Weirdo autistic kid,” and multiple uses of the R-word. I do recommend if you want to see what early 2000s depressed teens liked.
etinney's review
3.0
This book was well written, but I got bored reading it. This is only because I'm not a person who really likes reflective, sad books. I only read it because my friend gave it to me to read. This book would be perfect for anyone who likes this genre.
flyingsails's review
3.0
I have a hard time deciding between three stars and two stars for some books ("it was ok" seems more like it should be in the middle to me), and this was one of them. It wasn't great, the story kind of wandered around, like the author couldn't decide what kind of book she wanted it to be. And maybe it was just me, but the end didn't really make sense.
nervousnighthawk's review
2.0
I didn't read far enough into it to really review, but I just wanted to say:
I quit reading this book because in the first sixty pages there were two or three uses of the R word, possibly more. And it is a degrading word. I don't care if it is in-character for your main character to use it. It's distracting and bothered me seriously.
Disappointing, because I LOVE Eireann Corrigan and her poetry memoir is still one of my favorite books. But wow. Not good, sweetie.
I quit reading this book because in the first sixty pages there were two or three uses of the R word, possibly more. And it is a degrading word. I don't care if it is in-character for your main character to use it. It's distracting and bothered me seriously.
Disappointing, because I LOVE Eireann Corrigan and her poetry memoir is still one of my favorite books. But wow. Not good, sweetie.
monty_reads's review
3.0
This one grew on me. I didn't care for it much at first – Emil, the protagonist, felt like a sub-Holden Caufield caricature and the 1st-person narration seemed a little overwrought, like author Corrigan was trying too hard to get inside the skin of a teenage boy. But as the story progressed – about Emil's struggle to come to terms with the truth about his mom's death, his brother's disappearance, and his attraction to a mysterious girl – I found myself more interested in what he had to say, and it rang more true to me than it did at the beginning. This book rewards the patient reader; you have to be willing to wade through some self-indulgent (albeit character-establishing) narration at the beginning before things really kick into gear.
martha_schwalbe's review
4.0
Page 280, "I don't know who comes out as the favorite -- the kid who's willing to collect the pills or the one who would never let you take them."
Having never been confronted by this thought it's difficult to answer but it's a compelling question and really at the heart of the book. It takes a while to get into the story but for me it was well worth. I suggest putting it into the hands of a competent reader to find out how it reaches out to the young adult group.
Having never been confronted by this thought it's difficult to answer but it's a compelling question and really at the heart of the book. It takes a while to get into the story but for me it was well worth. I suggest putting it into the hands of a competent reader to find out how it reaches out to the young adult group.
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