A review by ginferra
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book captured an era and a lifestyle of suburban kids in the late 80s that was so familiar to me. Then add witchcraft. It's a little slow to start, and for a while I wasn't sure if I cared what happened to anyone (there are a lot of characters, but the whole story is told in the 1st person plural, with some 3rd person when distinguishing a particular thread). A third of the way in I was hooked and wanted them all to win, or at least not get into too much trouble. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

The narrator voices the status quo beliefs of white suburbia in the 80s, and makes attempts to acknowledge it, and challenges some of it as part of the story.