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After attending a school concert, 16-year-old Grady West decides to walk home by himself and is brutally beaten and raped by two men. I wasn’t sure I was ready for another story about teenage suffering, but after Mike's recommendation I went to the library, dug in immediately and barely came up for air.
Grady’s story is harrowing. Before the attack, he hung out with his Group, the six friends he’d known since grade school. After the attack, he ...more
After attending a school concert, 16-year-old Grady West decides to walk home by himself and is brutally beaten and raped by two men. I wasn’t sure I was ready for another story about teenage suffering, but after Mike's recommendation I went to the library, dug in immediately and barely came up for air.
Grady’s story is harrowing. Before the attack, he hung out with his Group, the six friends he’d known since grade school. After the attack, he ...more
Adolescence can be a tough time for anyone. For young men its a time for them to define their masculinity and come to terms with what it means to be a man. This struggle is at the heart of the angst over coming out that so many gay men go through. It's also at the heart of much of the gay-bashing and homophobia that goes on as well.
This novel deals with those issues with the further complication of the young man's having been raped.
The novel is from the point of view of the young man as he str ...more
This novel deals with those issues with the further complication of the young man's having been raped.
The novel is from the point of view of the young man as he str ...more
The book lacked depth in the ending. I find a book without a good finish hard to rate higher than two stars. The main character had some serious sufferings and suddenly at the end, everything was better. I would have liked to have more about the struggles to get his life back on track.
Nov 19, 2010
Joseph Longo
marked it as to-read
Dec 01, 2010
Thomas
marked it as to-read
