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aus10england's review
3.5
Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
kshertz's review
4.0
Minor: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Murder
sjclay122's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Death of parent
nbreezy17's review
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Death of parent
melmattocks21's review
4.5
I found the writing a bit hard to follow at times, as it jumped around a lot. Also, the ending was very abrupt. I wish we got to learn more about post 7th grade life, rather than a 4-5 page summary.
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Murder
lettuce_read's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Murder
numberdance's review
3.0
About processing lots of things and how those impact middle school kids: past family trauma, death in the family, poverty, being gay (and especially being a more femme boy).
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse
bookiesncookies's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Bullying and Homophobia
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Grief
readingwithcats's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Bullying and Homophobia
betweentheshelves's review
- 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
4.0
One of the things that felt most authentic to me for this book was Damian's journey to discovering that he likes boys instead of girls. Throughout the book, he constantly talks about ways he's different than the other boys in his class, but it's not until middle school that he really realizes that he has different romantic feelings, too. There's alos a positive representation of therapy, and Damian finally gets the help that he needs.
Overall, this is an effective graphic novel that would definitely have a home on any school or library shelf.
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Homophobia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Grief