There Goes Sunday School

There Goes Sunday School

Taschenbuch
3.33

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Beschreibung

In sixteen-year-old Mike Hernandez's life, only one thing is clear: Gay is not okay. His family's life revolves around the church, a church run by the vocally intolerant Pastor Myers, so Mike has resolved to spend his life in the closet. His only escape - besides the occasional, anonymous gay make-out session - is his art. He pours his complicated emotions into risque drawings he keeps in a secret sketchbook. A sketchbook he carries everywhere.

When his sketchbook goes missing in the middle of Sunday school, Mike is sure his life is over. He's going to be outed, ostracized by their community, condemned by the pastor, maybe even homeless. What's worse, the pastor's son, Chris, suddenly seems hell-bent on adopting Mike and his friends, and he has no idea why.

When an awkward confrontation with Chris leads to an unexpected kiss instead of a much-expected punch, Mike's world is turned upside down. As their friendship grows and faith is questioned, Mike may be forced to choose between the comfortable life he's always lived and a chance at the love he never thought he deserved.
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Taschenbuch
Seitenzahl
400
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15.46 €

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Good Story with some weaknesses.

The story definitely had good beginnings and entertained me despite some weaknesses. For me personally, the biggest obstacle was that it was written from the first person perspective. It needed some time to overcome this. The second obstacle was that it contained a lot of errors and I sometimes had to guess what could be meant. The third point that bothered me was that storylines started and then didn't end, there are so many loose threads and unanswered questions. The fourth point is very serious for me: you don't owe it to anyone to come out and you don't have to apologize if you come out years later. No one has a right to you coming out - being punished for it and apologizing in the process isn‘t a good message. I don't think it‘s a message that should be left uncommented, especially when the whole story claims that it's okay to be who you are, how difficult it can be in the world to find your way around where you are. I would have liked a message from the author that certain characters might not behave as they should and that in the real world you don't owe anyone anything even if you decide to never come out. If you keep that in mind, you'll get a good story that could definitely help you at least to find your way in the religious madness. Ist definitely conveys the seriousness of the topic.

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