A review by marieke_du_pre
Children of the Sun by Max Schaefer
2.0
I read this story full of disbelief, holding my breath and my chest tightening. This dark story about the British neo-nazi movement and homosexuality was way out of my comfort zone.
I swallowed a few times while reading and didn’t know if I wanted to continue. A fourteen-year-old boy trying to hook up with an older man. The next pages a confrontation between Nazi skinheads and Black men seen from the skinheads POV. Teens shouting S*** H*** and N***** go home. So incredibly repulsive.
While reading this story, I didn’t have any peace. I’m not someone who gets triggered easily but this was just ... let’s say it needs a lot of trigger warnings! It’s gritty and dark and there was so much racism and homophobia, I almost got nauseous sometimes. I’m still not sure what point the author wanted to make with this book. The writing was okay, even beautiful at times but the content? I need to have more than just okay or beautiful writing. Not chapter after chapter with events that disgust me. So, I tried and to be honest, I skimmed the second part of the book.
I received an ARC from Muswell Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I swallowed a few times while reading and didn’t know if I wanted to continue. A fourteen-year-old boy trying to hook up with an older man. The next pages a confrontation between Nazi skinheads and Black men seen from the skinheads POV. Teens shouting S*** H*** and N***** go home. So incredibly repulsive.
While reading this story, I didn’t have any peace. I’m not someone who gets triggered easily but this was just ... let’s say it needs a lot of trigger warnings! It’s gritty and dark and there was so much racism and homophobia, I almost got nauseous sometimes. I’m still not sure what point the author wanted to make with this book. The writing was okay, even beautiful at times but the content? I need to have more than just okay or beautiful writing. Not chapter after chapter with events that disgust me. So, I tried and to be honest, I skimmed the second part of the book.
I received an ARC from Muswell Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.