Jerkbait

Jerkbait

Softcover
4.03

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Even though they're identical, Tristan isn't close to his twin Robbie at all—until Robbie tries to kill himself. Forced to share a room to prevent Robbie from hurting himself, the brothers begin to feel the weight of each other's lives on the ice, and off. Tristan starts seeing his twin not as a hockey star whose shadow Tristan can't escape, but a struggling gay teen terrified about coming out in the professional sports world. Robbie's future in the NHL is plagued by anxiety and the mounting pressure from their dad, coach, and scouts, while Tristan desperately fights to create his own future, not as a hockey player but a musical theatre performer. As their season progresses and friends turn out to be enemies, Robbie finds solace in an online stranger known only as “Jimmy2416.” Between keeping Robbie's secret and saving him from taking his life, Tristan is given the final call: sacrifice his dream for a brother he barely knows, or pursue his own path. How far is Robbie willing to go—and more importantly, how far is Tristan willing to go to help him?

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Format
Softcover
Pages
348
Price
40.81 €

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I'm never really critical with any gay litrature and I won't start with it now. I really liked the topic of LGBT athletes in professional sport because it is somehow still a problem for the leagues and some fans. But this having-a-supernatural-kind-of-connection-with-your-twin thing went a bit too far for my taste. Except for that I really liked the characters and that they were breaking some of the stereotypes with the gay hockey player and the straight musical dancer.

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