February 15th, 2016 at 04:39pm
I absolutely adored the prologue. And the fact that it was a diary entry made it even better. There were so many raw emotions within the chapter, which I expect from a diary since it's a personal place to share anything and everything you want. But I can sort of relate to the entry. While I am not gay myself, my best friend is and he shared with me what he felt about coming out to his family, and it just broke my heart. And the way he was treated in school was awful; his peers treated him as though he was some bad person for being himself. Having a support system in his life really helped him accept that he was different and it helped him become a happier person. Sorry about the ramble...
I wasn't expecting both of his parents to be okay with him coming out because it can't always be perfect. I am happy that one of his parents was okay with it; the friend I mentioned before only had one parent who was accepting of it. The other parent, the one who didn't quite accept it isn't in the picture anymore, but it still hurt that they couldn't accept their child for the way that he is.
All right, I just had to stop after he told his best friend. At the moment, I am hoping the worst, and I hope that I'm wrong. It made me smile to read his friend's reaction... so understanding and nice about it. It's a reaction that I hope happens when anyone tells someone that they like or love, but, of course, that's not how it always happens.
Okay, enough about me and my friends. What I really liked about the story is how short the chapters were. They gave us a little glimpse into the life of Landon, and how he thought about the things going on around him. Every chapter is very straight forward and just adds to his life without really creating any boring/ filler type moments; everything that is said is important in his life and it helps define the other characters. You've done an amazing job with this, filling it with so much emotion and truth.
@ nearly witches.
@ aubs
Thank you :)