A review by ronnlynch
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz

3.0

When I finished Teeth, I loved it so much that I decided to obtain other books written by Hannah Moskowitz. That's why yesterday I looked at Gone, Gone, Gone on my shelf and I thought "why the hell not?". Truth be told, I have many other things to read, important things, but what are vacations are about, if not spending time on unnecessary things? And my favorite unnecessary thing is definitely reading about sad gay teenagers. (If there's a way to overcome that, please tell me.) At first I thought the book was pretty weak. Then I thought it was "Will & Will meets The Fault In Our Stars, but less pretentious than John Green and with better representation". All the fear caused by the sniper shootings doesn't tell me much, because I'm not American and I was too young back then, so everything about 9/11 ands its aftermaths always sound so distant. This book also made me realize that I'm done with that kind of narrative with two alternating POV's. So I thought "damn, why can't I stop reading it?". To be honest, I've done a lot of skimming and scanning. But the thing about Hannah's characters is they make me care, so I get involved enough to not look away. At the end, I still thought it was pretty weak, but also very sweet. For some reason, there's something interesting about Craig and Lio and how they are two broken people trying to make it work, even though they're too damn young. I'm not sure, yet, if I've spent my time well with this book. But I don't regret reading it. And I hope to read more from Hannah and find the magic I've found in her gay fish.