The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley
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Convinced he should have died in the accident that killed his parents and sister, sixteen-year-old Drew lives in a hospital, hiding from employees and his past, until Rusty, set on fire for being gay, turns his life around. Includes excerpts from the superhero comic Drew creates.
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DNF at 38 pages. I just couldn't get into Andrew's voice and what he was doing. It was like reading someone's diary but their life is boring so what's the point. The comics in the book were also too small to read on my device so they didn't add anything for me.
God I shed so much tears with this book... Woaw. It's really one of the most beautiful book I've ever read. It's moving, quite deep, a bit dark (but isn't life also a bit dark ?) but also packaged with hope, dreams, ... The story is wonderful and the main character is really lovable, so are his relations with the other hospital inhabitants. Quite rare also, the main character is gay, which I think it's quite lacking nowadays, and his psychology is wonderful, a bit tormented, but really kind-hearted. Loved it !
“Adults are just as fucked as the rest of us. No one really grows up. No one unravels all of life's manu mysteries. They just grow older and become better liars.”
This book. OMG this book.
The first thing I thought as I finished it, was back to Bruce Coville's blurb in the first page: “The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley broke my heart, then put it back togheter again”.
Andrew's character is lovely, I wish I could store him in a bottle and protect it from the world forever. His friends are also amazing people, and to see Andrew having to deal with his inner conflicts is heartbreaking.
It's important to note that the book can get very dark sometines, which I think was great for the story, but I'd recommend checking for the trigger warnings before reading it.
