A review by schwaka
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned by Judd Winick

5.0

This was a re-read for me. I think I bought the book pretty soon after it was published so it must be 10 years or more since I read it the first time. I had forgotten most of the story and when I relocated some of our books last week I was pretty surprised I even owned it. Which says a lot about me and nothing about the quality of the book. Which is pretty good. It's a classic, combining pop culture and (recent) history. Just think about how much has changed in those 20 years since the story played out. HIV is treatable way better today already. (Which gives me hope we might say the same about most kinds of cancer in 20 years time). Still, casting in HIV-person would probably result in the same kind of judgement and prejudice as it did then.

It's a good one. Making you feel with the characters - especially Pedro - and showing that you can still make a difference in the world, if you just put your heart in it.