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A review by the_bookish_babee
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
โ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐. ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐โ
โ๏ธ third person
โ๏ธ former actor
โ๏ธ single uncle turned guardian
โ๏ธ guncle rules
โ๏ธ new dog ๐ถ
โ๏ธ commitment/attachment issues
โ๏ธ grief
โ๏ธ newfound purpose
patrickโs life is flipped upside down when his best friend/sister in law dies. he has no time to process this loss, because he quickly has to become the guardian of his niece & nephew, while his brother goes to rehab
gup (gay uncle patrick) is a single, 43 year old former actor. heโs never had children, so heโs a little underprepared to suddenly be caring for two children. but he takes maisie & grant in under his wing and they all learn some new things
โ
this book was sooo heartwarmingly cute. i love the relationship that developed between gup, maisie, and grant. it was a rockyish unorthodox start, but everything & everyone turned out okay! i absolutely hated clara & iโm so glad that gup stood up to her. itโs also important to remember that gup never had kids, heโs still processing the loss of the love of his life & his sister in law, and this was all sprung on him with no notice! i think he did an amazing job at taking care of maisie & grant. he just had to find his footing, so to speak
grief was a huge theme in this book and it was written so beautifully. chapter 19 & 20, where gup really talked about joe and everything that happened during his last few days were so heartbreaking. i hate that joeโs family treated him that way & werenโt accepting. he loved joe just as much, if not MORE than they did. i also enjoyed that gup helping maisie and grant with the loss of their mom also helped him to heal a little bit and focus on better ways to cope & live his life after losing joe
i listened to the audiobook for this one & i didnโt know that it was narrated by steven rowley, the author, until i went to listen. i absolutely loved this! he did an amazing job & i love that all of the emotions he wanted conveyed through his book were able to be done with such accuracy through the audiobook. since he narrated it himself. i highly suggest the audiobook for the guncle, if you decide to read it!
โ๏ธ third person
โ๏ธ former actor
โ๏ธ single uncle turned guardian
โ๏ธ guncle rules
โ๏ธ new dog ๐ถ
โ๏ธ commitment/attachment issues
โ๏ธ grief
โ๏ธ newfound purpose
patrickโs life is flipped upside down when his best friend/sister in law dies. he has no time to process this loss, because he quickly has to become the guardian of his niece & nephew, while his brother goes to rehab
gup (gay uncle patrick) is a single, 43 year old former actor. heโs never had children, so heโs a little underprepared to suddenly be caring for two children. but he takes maisie & grant in under his wing and they all learn some new things
โ
this book was sooo heartwarmingly cute. i love the relationship that developed between gup, maisie, and grant. it was a rockyish unorthodox start, but everything & everyone turned out okay! i absolutely hated clara & iโm so glad that gup stood up to her. itโs also important to remember that gup never had kids, heโs still processing the loss of the love of his life & his sister in law, and this was all sprung on him with no notice! i think he did an amazing job at taking care of maisie & grant. he just had to find his footing, so to speak
grief was a huge theme in this book and it was written so beautifully. chapter 19 & 20, where gup really talked about joe and everything that happened during his last few days were so heartbreaking. i hate that joeโs family treated him that way & werenโt accepting. he loved joe just as much, if not MORE than they did. i also enjoyed that gup helping maisie and grant with the loss of their mom also helped him to heal a little bit and focus on better ways to cope & live his life after losing joe
i listened to the audiobook for this one & i didnโt know that it was narrated by steven rowley, the author, until i went to listen. i absolutely loved this! he did an amazing job & i love that all of the emotions he wanted conveyed through his book were able to be done with such accuracy through the audiobook. since he narrated it himself. i highly suggest the audiobook for the guncle, if you decide to read it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, and Grief
Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail