Disclaimers first… due to the adult content of this book, I would recommend it for readers 18 and older. The rape casts a rather disturbing presence over the entire story and the assumptions made by Max’s parents surrounding the rape were very troubling as was the handling of the situation by Max’s ...
Disclaimers first… due to the adult content of this book, I would recommend it for readers 18 and older. The rape casts a rather disturbing presence over the entire story and the assumptions made by Max’s parents surrounding the rape were very troubling as was the handling of the situation by Max’s ...
The biggest difficulty with assessing these types of books, that is books focusing on contentious topics such as gay, lesbian, and intersex, is that one may, either subconsciously or unconsciously, apply a totally different set of standards to these books, compared to others he/she has reviewed. Tha...
Max: smart, funny, popular, cool, great kisser and intersex. Don’t ask Max what intersex is as he’s not quite sure of all the details, all he really knows is that he’s special as he has male and female parts. Max lets no one of the opposite sex get too close, for Max it’s all stops at the kissing. H...
It had been about six months since I had listened to an audiobook, and I was desperately searching for the Right One to get me back into it. And when Christinamentioned Golden Boy was fantastic, I knew I must be onto a winner - firstly it sounded fabulous, and secondly Christina is probably just as...
E-galley received through Netgalley for review (Galley Alley program)Max Walker is a golden boy. He's sixteen, handsome, charismatic, and intelligent. He does well in sports and at school; he's nice to his little brothers; and attracts the attention of girls in school. His mother is a successful cri...
This book reminded me of a really good video by Hank Green (of Nerdfighter/Vlogbrother fame), where he describes the infinite number of "shiny boxes" that human sexuality comes in: Human Sexuality is Complicated...An eye-opener to a condition that I honestly have never really thought about or even k...
GOLDEN BOY is by far the most thought-provoking, eye-opening novel I have read in a long time. I was hit straight off the bat with an unflinching realism and thrown into a family who was dealing with issues that I knew barely anything of. Back in 1999 I watched the movie Boy’s Don’t Cry and it was...
Teenager Max Walker's life appears to be perfect: he is attractive, exceptionally intelligent and popular, his parents are both successful lawyers. But when Max was born with identical male and female chromosomes, his parents chose to raise him as a boy and help him to keep his secret. A devastating...
I finished Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin a few days ago, but needed some time to organize my thoughts. This novel is incredible. Gut-wrenching, eye-opening, and just incredible.The story is told through the voices of Max and those closest to him - six perspectives in all. I'm not sure the narratio...
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