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I have it on good authority that this is an excellent book. Friends, authors, reviewers that I trust and more often than not agree with have all said so. And I know I wasn't in the best mental space as I read this one. So if I was less than impressed, I tend to believe the fault lies in me as a reader and not the book; I don't trust my own opinion on this one. I could see it was a good book, after all, I just never felt emotionally engaged by it, didn't empathize with the characters or feel what
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I'm struggling to put my feelings into words with this one.
Last summer, Kid loved Felix. Felix—too old, heroin-addicted Felix—may have loved Kid back, but Felix is gone now. Love invariably hurts, so this summer, when Kid meets Scout, Kid struggles not to fall in love again.
At the same time, this is also about Kid living on the street, families that aren't, and not-families that are. It's about the kindness of strangers, and reconciliation, and horrible assumptions. It's about hookers with hear ...more
Last summer, Kid loved Felix. Felix—too old, heroin-addicted Felix—may have loved Kid back, but Felix is gone now. Love invariably hurts, so this summer, when Kid meets Scout, Kid struggles not to fall in love again.
At the same time, this is also about Kid living on the street, families that aren't, and not-families that are. It's about the kindness of strangers, and reconciliation, and horrible assumptions. It's about hookers with hear ...more
Mar 22, 2012
Angel J
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Feb 15, 2015
Vegetable
marked it as to-read
