Jenny Hubbard
Author of And We Stay
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This was a hard one for me to review.... On one hand I could totally see why it was nominated for the William C. Morris Award for Debut Authors because the writing is beautiful. Really great, almost too good for YA. But on the other hand, did I really like the actual story? I don't know. I mean it was okay, but did it really go anywhere? I feel like nothing really changed from beginning to end. I'm left with the same feeling about Alex, and I feel like he hasn't moved on either.
The setting through me off in that I didn't really understand the reasoning behind it being set in the 80's. And the gay stuff was a little bit confusing.
It was a beautifully written book, but I guess I wished there was more closure at the end. The author never said if what was suspected of Glenn was actually true. And did Miss Dovecott really have feelings for Alex like he did her? She went on and on about how he was special, but did that romantic line get crossed in her mind?
I think it would've been better if the book was Alex writing about this incident as a grown man looking back. Then all the adult-like prose would've made more sense, and maybe we would've found out more about what really happened, or at least had a perspective of someone who has had the time to reflect on it.
This is definitely a reader's novel. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't love reading because it is full of symbolism and other literary stuff. While it is fairly short, it's not a quick read because of those things.… (more)