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elisabethreadsandreads's review against another edition
5.0
I'm a sucker for the slow reveal, and Amy Bright does it well here. The narrative structure and third person point of view lets the pieces of the plot surface without being forced or gimmicky.
Hunter and his friends come across as real high school students, not an adult's idealized or retrospective version of what it was like to be seventeen, and it's refreshing to see friendships between teenage guys be important and carry emotional weight without being sidelined by a romance sub-plot.
One of the strengths of the book is the secondary characters. It's very much Hunter's story, but there's a sense that everyone else has their own lives and worlds and stories going on, too.
This is the kind of book that isn't going to grab every reader, but when it clicks with someone, it's going to hit them hard.
Hunter and his friends come across as real high school students, not an adult's idealized or retrospective version of what it was like to be seventeen, and it's refreshing to see friendships between teenage guys be important and carry emotional weight without being sidelined by a romance sub-plot.
One of the strengths of the book is the secondary characters. It's very much Hunter's story, but there's a sense that everyone else has their own lives and worlds and stories going on, too.
This is the kind of book that isn't going to grab every reader, but when it clicks with someone, it's going to hit them hard.
peyton_'s review against another edition
4.0
I liked that this book took place over two places: Victoria, BC and Lethbridge, AB. I am familiar with both so it was really cool to understand the references and feel like I had an 'in' with the book. It is a good YA book and I highly recommend it. Great book to promote Canadian authors.
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