fynn_jls's review
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Violence and Sexual content
blueskygreentreesyellowsun's review against another edition
5.0
I was in a reading funk, where everything on my to-read list seemed awful and I couldn't get into anything, even old favorites. Everything felt tired and tiresome, I was completely on edge. This book saved me. It took my restlessness and frustration and diverted them into a story whose own energy is cranked to 1000. The book completely absorbed me, and when I finally surfaced at the end of it I felt lightened and once again in awe of the written word.
robin_f's review
5.0
I have just finished a masters class on the Great American Novel, where we read works such as Moby Dick, Underworld, and Beloved. I dearly wish I’d found this book before the class, and not after - because Darling Days is, in my eyes, a testimony to modern American living and growing up queer and poor. I’d seriously consider it a contender amongst these other works as a Great American Novel. And holy shit, the language is so gooooood! Easily one of my new favourites. The audiobook was a bit over ten hours, and yet I devoured it in a day.
nia_abeni's review
4.0
i really have no words... iO is an amazing writer and has done an amazing job documenting his life in all its facets.