I always enjoy Sue Brown's books. This was a well-written, as usual, and I enjoyed (if that's the right word) living in the shoes of a homeless kid for the length of these pages. It wasn't too angsty and dire, but real and moving and something I've really not spent much time thinking about. Danny...
So, this was good. Better actually than I exptected. It had some sweetness, without being too sappy. What helped here was that the story was told without too much drama - some tragic events of the past were only hinted at, not taken into the main focus. And it worked here! It helped also that bo...
4.5 stars. The touching story of gay 18 year old Danny, a down and out who lives in a London park. He defends 16 year old schoolboy Harry from a knife attack and they are drawn together from then on. Would have loved to award 5 stars but not quite there, lacks a certain realism somehow. The more m/m...
When I really, really like a book, I can overlook a lot. I can overlook plot holes. I can suspend reality. I can justify lame twists in the story. I can even forgive bad editing. I wanted very much to put “The Sky is Dead” into the category of “books I really, really like enough to forgive the rest...
4.5 stars This was a beautiful, heart wrenching and emotional story about Danny, who is living on the streets at 16 after being thrown out of his house by his parents when they find out he is gay. The book begins 10 years later, as Danny, now David, is telling his boyfriend about his life before th...
There is more truth here than anyone who has not worked with homeless youth will ever understand. For that alone it was 5 stars, but it is a great story as well.
This book kinda made me really sad and I was left feeling like there were sooooo many unresolved issues for David. I adored Jack and felt so bad for the crap hand that life dealt him. I was also very impressed with the way he faced all if it head on. While I know David was supposed to be a sympathet...
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