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A review by morganward390
Rick by Alex Gino
3.0
I was really looking forward to reading this, because I had read Alex Gino’s book GEORGE with my class in the Fall of 2020 and absolutely LOVED IT.
I think that this book didn’t feel like it had as big of a climax as GEORGE, and for that reason I was almost confused when it ended - I felt like there should be more. It seemed like the stakes weren’t as high for Rick, and not as much happened.
Even when not comparing the two books, I don’t see RICK being as strong of a novel as GEORGE. Something I really did like was how Gino included Melissa in this story as well, but didn’t make her a focus. I know my students will enjoy this book more than I did, and probably just as much as they enjoyed GEORGE, but on a personal level it just didn’t meet my expectations.
Overall I think this is a great addition to any middle school library or class collection, as it has asexual representation - something that we don’t get a lot of in media - and will allow for students to ask questions and access the topic of a sexuality in an age appropriate fashion.
I think that this book didn’t feel like it had as big of a climax as GEORGE, and for that reason I was almost confused when it ended - I felt like there should be more. It seemed like the stakes weren’t as high for Rick, and not as much happened.
Even when not comparing the two books, I don’t see RICK being as strong of a novel as GEORGE. Something I really did like was how Gino included Melissa in this story as well, but didn’t make her a focus. I know my students will enjoy this book more than I did, and probably just as much as they enjoyed GEORGE, but on a personal level it just didn’t meet my expectations.
Overall I think this is a great addition to any middle school library or class collection, as it has asexual representation - something that we don’t get a lot of in media - and will allow for students to ask questions and access the topic of a sexuality in an age appropriate fashion.