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A review by michellethebookcritic
The Attic Tragedy by J. Ashley-Smith
5.0
The Attic Tragedy is indeed a heart wrenching tale of love and loss.
It features an insecure protagonist, George, and a mysterious girl, Sylvie, who can see ghosts of the past. George saves Sylvie from a beating, and in doing so, the two develop a beautiful companionship.
George starts to develop feelings for Sylvie’s kind nature, but sadly, Sylvie only thinks of George as a friend.
This, eventually, leads George to be more suicidal of herself.
I loved this depressive, short and sweet book of life and it’s harsh choices. Ashley-Smith did a great job with the characters and their personalities. I’m also glad that he made George an LGBTQ, but Ashley-Smith didn’t let that just define George in general. Usually, people overlook LGBTQ characters as “just” LGBTQ and that is fricking wrong. Everyone’s got a personality and they can not be defined just by their sexuality. I’m also impressed on the author’s detailing in this book, it definitely deserves more praise than it is given.
All in all, a very interesting read! I was almost to tears by George’s ending, but happily ever afters don’t always exist in reality, so I’m not gonna emphasize more on that.
I would highly recommend this book at the end of the day for the emotional suffrage and experience!
It features an insecure protagonist, George, and a mysterious girl, Sylvie, who can see ghosts of the past. George saves Sylvie from a beating, and in doing so, the two develop a beautiful companionship.
George starts to develop feelings for Sylvie’s kind nature, but sadly, Sylvie only thinks of George as a friend.
This, eventually, leads George to be more suicidal of herself.
I loved this depressive, short and sweet book of life and it’s harsh choices. Ashley-Smith did a great job with the characters and their personalities. I’m also glad that he made George an LGBTQ, but Ashley-Smith didn’t let that just define George in general. Usually, people overlook LGBTQ characters as “just” LGBTQ and that is fricking wrong. Everyone’s got a personality and they can not be defined just by their sexuality. I’m also impressed on the author’s detailing in this book, it definitely deserves more praise than it is given.
All in all, a very interesting read! I was almost to tears by George’s ending, but happily ever afters don’t always exist in reality, so I’m not gonna emphasize more on that.
I would highly recommend this book at the end of the day for the emotional suffrage and experience!