So, it seems that suicidal teenagers is a thing in YA this year? I’m not complaining—okay, I am a little. Feelings are hard. Depression is a difficult topic to broach. Reminders of my humanity are not often welcome. But here we are, having emotions. What Cindy Rodriguez did here was really pretty wonderful.
Troll the respawn, Jeremy.
With a great writer and amazing illustrator at the helm and a great premise behind it, this should’ve been an easy home run. Alas, I cannot fully put into actual human words the full breadth and width and depth of my disappointment in this. If only this were a series instead of one single book that left me wanting.
Every Nurse Has a Poop Story or 12
This is not a book for everyone to read and enjoy. I mean, you can still pick it up and peruse even if you aren’t, were, or are going to become a nurse because you’re a grown-ass adult who can make his or her own decisions and who the fuck am I to tell you what to do? You might not really get as much out of it as someone who does have some investment in the nursing field, though. This book goes from time […]
Behind the Hill There’s a Busy Little Still
I can’t say I wasn’t disappointed this story didn’t play out more like the second (and superior) second season of “Justified,” I still came away enjoying a sweet romantic story about a girl so desperate to get out of her small-ass town she’ll resort to illegal moonshining to help her pay her way through college. Of course, falling in love with the podunk hillbilly hearththrob/recovering alcoholic wasn’t exactly part of the plan. Then again, when is it ever?