Twenty-Four Seconds from Now by Jason Reynolds **full discussion/ mark spoilers** (January 2025)

[Melanie, place holding for a future mod]

FULL DISCUSSION for Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... by Jason Reynolds

Discuss the book fully, but tag spoilers.
how-to-spoiler: < spoiler > Words go here < /spoiler > (remove spaces)

Suggested Discussion Points
This is Jason Reynolds debut to the YA-MA shelf, but he is a very prolific YA author. Have you read other books by him? And did you like them?
What are your thoughts on the characters? Are they realistic? Likeable?
What questions/ thoughts did the book elicit for you?
What are your compliments and criticisms for the author?
What rating do you give this book?

[Ashley]

I'm 83% in and loving this.

[Melanie, place holding for a future mod]

I finished a while ago but neglected to check back in here with my thoughts.

What I really liked:
-positive, thoughtful take on relationships and consent
-poetic moments
-full characters

I have a hard time with books where I get stuck in teenager's head, and that's pretty much this whole book. So I read it little slower, taking breaks. Definitely a good read.

[Ashley]

It definitely was a lot of “in a teenagers head” but I don’t think Neon was as annoying as other teens can be.

I just really loved how sweet Neon was. There are so many teenage boys that will try anything to get a girl and hearing a teen be so nervous and questioning his readiness was just so refreshing for me.

And I love a non linear story, so I thought the going back in time was fun.

[Melanie, place holding for a future mod]

Ashley wrote: "but I don’t think Neon was as annoying as other teens can be."

Agree

[Anna]

I have only gotten half way through the book (my library doesn't have the audiobook yet). It's well written and interesting but I'm not exactly the book's target audience so I'm finding it hard to actually take the time to pick up the book. I plan to finish it, I'm just not sure when.

[Melanie, place holding for a future mod]

I wouldn't have described that way but yes. This book is intended to a teenage male, which I am not.

[Melanie, place holding for a future mod]

I found I liked the ending bits more than the beginning because they were broader moments, or maybe I just finally fell into the character.