Freak Show by James St. James
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I had high hopes for this book. It had good reviews. It has potential to be an important book about being different in a painfully prejudiced high school setting. I also thought it might be funny.

So far (at about page 80) all I can think to say is 'eh.' It's just not well written. I find myself not getting invested in the main character. The violence against him is brutal but presented so casually I'm afraid readers won't see that he almost gets killed, just like Matthew Shepard and so many other young gay people we periodically read about in newspapers. I'll finish reading it, though, because that's what I do!

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