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carolineroche's review
5.0
A wonderful story dealing with grief and mental health issues. This book by Stewart Foster is for a slightly older audience than his others (13+) but what a moving read with a n ending that is devastating and true. You’ll love the boys and be with them every step of the way. Highly recommend it, deals with #mentalhealth sensitively and well.
hetauuu's review
2.0
No. I do applaud the author for taking a new perspective into dealing with psychosis and the loss of a sibling, but I could not get with the narrative structure. The constant dialogue between Tom and Jack got tiresome and was generally just unrealistic and annoying. Kudos to Stewart Foster for not feeding his readers with a spoon, though. He trusts the reader and it shows in this book as he does not make things explicit and leaves room for interpretation. But other than that, I could not get into this and didn't particularly care.
kelbi's review
2.0
Hmm it wasn't bad. Interesting. At times a bit intriguing but I think the idea could have been better handled.
dash_dash's review against another edition
1.0
Probably the shittiest book I've ever read. I hope I don't ever have to see this crap ever again.
0.2/10
0.2/10
salve58's review
5.0
This was really amazing. Writing was well done and I have a much better grasp on what it must be like to have this sort of illness take over your mind.
mazza57's review against another edition
4.0
what a clever book I love that it is different from the norm and i love the "we" / "I"
Jack dies in a fire and enters Tom's head as a buzz I becomes we
Jack dies in a fire and enters Tom's head as a buzz I becomes we
melissamjc's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
briarfairchild's review against another edition
4.0
It's hard to find the words to describe this book. It is at times scary, funny and sad, but mostly terribly, terribly sad. It's about a boy, Tom, whose dead brother talks to him inside his head and whose father has gone to the moon.
It's a clever book and shows the reality of Tom's psychosis so painfully clearly that at one point I wondered how Tom would cope if his brother's voice were to disappear. The whole story of exactly what happened to each person is slowly revealed to show how Tom comes to the point he has reached by the end of the story.
The ending is desperately sad but somehow seems right, and in some ways better than other things that could have happened.
I really recommend this book; it's not a happy read but it is real.
It's a clever book and shows the reality of Tom's psychosis so painfully clearly that at one point I wondered how Tom would cope if his brother's voice were to disappear. The whole story of exactly what happened to each person is slowly revealed to show how Tom comes to the point he has reached by the end of the story.
The ending is desperately sad but somehow seems right, and in some ways better than other things that could have happened.
I really recommend this book; it's not a happy read but it is real.
boothg's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
sophieduncan's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Mental illness