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A review by jang
Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert
5.0
At first I was having a hard time relating to Conviction because it's very baseball-heavy (the terms, the plot, the characters) but I learned to love the story as it went on because it's emotional and raw.
It's hard not to love the book's main character because he's a legit good boy and he's loyal. Even through his battle with his personal demons, his past, and the abuse he suffered through, he still showed composure and kindness.
YA books that have a very religious or spiritual theme used to irked me because I found them polarizing but not with this one. Here I kind of understood Braden's relationship with God and the way he questioned everything. I understood the environment where he was raised in, even if some of the things came off as offensive (it was intentional) and really brutal.
I couldn't imagine a better ending for this book tbh. Braden came to forgive himself and his past, he started to embrace an unknown future with his brother, and he learned to accept his brother's sexuality.
Conviction is amazingly written and conveys a sense of societal truth that's lacking these days.
It's hard not to love the book's main character because he's a legit good boy and he's loyal. Even through his battle with his personal demons, his past, and the abuse he suffered through, he still showed composure and kindness.
YA books that have a very religious or spiritual theme used to irked me because I found them polarizing but not with this one. Here I kind of understood Braden's relationship with God and the way he questioned everything. I understood the environment where he was raised in, even if some of the things came off as offensive (it was intentional) and really brutal.
I couldn't imagine a better ending for this book tbh. Braden came to forgive himself and his past, he started to embrace an unknown future with his brother, and he learned to accept his brother's sexuality.
Conviction is amazingly written and conveys a sense of societal truth that's lacking these days.