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I’m not quite sure how I feel about this novel. I was hoping for an emotional read, a novel that I would be thinking about for days but this novel was just ok for me. No energy charges or warm fuzzy feelings for me. I read it for what it was, a novel about a boy named Adam, who was a senior, whose life was about to get shaken up.
I liked the relationship that Adam had with his friend Angela. He knew he had something special with her, if only he was attracted to girls the two of them would make a terrific couple. I also liked Linus. Linus was Adam’s latest boyfriend and he was tired of Adam’s dream world. Adam was still carrying feeling for his previous boyfriend, Enzo. Adam felt that he had a deep relationship with Enzo and then suddenly one day, it ended. Linus is tired of sharing Adam with Enzo and I liked how Linus addressed this. Adam’s feeling about his sexuality felt real, his confusion and his mentality was authentic and sincere.
I didn’t care for Adam’s family. His father, a minister was not portrayed how I would have expected someone of his nature to be represented today. I was disappointed in his brother’s life event which was included in this novel. This event was to be a major shocker and again, I wondered exactly what year this book was written for. Couldn’t the author find something else for the brother to unleash to their parents that would have been more shocking than this? Perhaps it was the mood I was in when I was reading this novel but I was disappointed in the way the novel moved. It felt stiff and not comfortable. I really was excited to get my hands on this novel.
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