A review by legs_mcgee
Shadow Walkers by Brent Hartinger
1.0
I had added Shadow Walkers to my 'to-read' list a while back, and I'm not sure where I got the recommendation. I wish I remembered so I could make sure to either ignore the rest of their suggestions, or at least take them with a grain of salt.
Unfortunately, while I'm pretty willing to let a lot of things slide for good queer books (particularly YA, since I couldn't find any when I was of the actual demographic), there's just too much that made this book fairly unbearable to read. I will give Hartinger credit, though, for a book about a young boy, it feels like it was written by a young boy... or more realistically, an adult trying to act like a young boy. The dialogue was stilted and the inner monologues are so distractingly horrible.
Unfortunately, while I'm pretty willing to let a lot of things slide for good queer books (particularly YA, since I couldn't find any when I was of the actual demographic), there's just too much that made this book fairly unbearable to read. I will give Hartinger credit, though, for a book about a young boy, it feels like it was written by a young boy... or more realistically, an adult trying to act like a young boy. The dialogue was stilted and the inner monologues are so distractingly horrible.