What They Always Tell Us
by:
Martin Wilson (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385735070 (0385735073)
Publish date: August 12th 2008
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 293
Edition language: English
I saw this book at the library the other day and became curious about it. When I saw it tackled a romance between two boys, I really wanted to see how the representation was handled. In short, it was okay. I enjoyed the writing. It's straight and to the point and I always enjoy when an author deci...
This was sweet. Really liked it. As always, I will first discuss the characters. Alex was a sweetie, and I loved him. James, to be perfectly honest, was kind of a dick at first, but he went through a shit ton of character development and I grew to like him. I also really liked Nathen and Alice. ...
I feel like the pace was a bit slow and the two points of views (brothers Alex and James) was unnecessary. I honestly couldn't care less about James' narration - who spends most of his time being a selfish, whiny boy - and would have love to read more of Alex. That said, I still enjoyed reading ...
This is a really simple and quiet story, but one that touched my heart and hit home in a lot of ways. A lot of Alex's story was painfully familiar, in his loneliness, his awkwardness, and his sense of always feeling like the odd one out in a group. There's more to feeling like a misfit than not liki...
I can't even comment on this book. I lost my mind over it. I stuck my fist in my mouth and screamed when anything gay was mentioned because it was the middle of the night and sigh this book just pleases me so much.
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