Reviews

Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough

easyvisionary's review against another edition

5.0

Eeeek! This was absolutely gorgeous!!! I’ve been wanting to read this for so long! When I saw it on the shelf at the library today I just knew it was gonna be a good day!

I love the characters! I love the story! I love my boys! Thank you!

jujubee4393's review against another edition

5.0

This book was amazing! 10/10 would recommend!!! What I would not recommend is starting reading it at 12:30am because you too might still be up at 6am having read the whole book in one go like I did. It was just that good that I couldn’t put it down. You should read this book!

sleepyelephant's review

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

sazkaz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

saxby96's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this book. I don’t know how to best describe what I felt throughout this book it was amazing. Loved the connection to Culture

readingatthemuseum's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

citrus_seasalt's review

4.0

I’m aware the gay YA coming-of-age genre has grown more common in present-day queer literature, especially coming out stories, but I still think this should be read! For the rep, yes(I liked the sprinklings of Aboriginal culture throughout, and the men’s group as a whole), but also because of how sweet it was. I was smiling by the end. Jackson and Tomas’s love story has the earnestness of two baby gays bumbling through their own self-discovery, and figuring out how to love each other.

And I loved the different scenes of Tomas working on his comic book graphic novel with Jackson! Seeing a character’s creative process in any kind of media is always so much fun, especially because of how these different parts shaped the two boys’ relationship. I will even forgive the continued use of “drawer”. (Also, art was a lot more important to this book than I thought it would be?? That was super cool.)

I’ll definitely check out Gary Lonesborough’s other works! I’d been super excited to read this even before I found out it had another title in the U.S.

ruda_'s review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

caspertfq's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

buddy524's review

3.0

It was hard not to compare to Aristotle and Dante in terms of plot, tone, and even a bit of the characters. At times it seemed a bit rushed to me. However, I think this book will speak to a lot of people who may not always feel seen in YA lit.