Destination Unknown is the beautiful but dramatic story about gay boys coming of age in the 1980s, the fear that comes with not knowing what this deadly disease was, only really knowing that, at the time, it was deadly, and discovering love while fearing almost everything about it.

It's a semi-autobiographical novel, and you can feel that. It's raw and honest and you can picture very well how young queer people around that time must have felt.
But it also manages to tell a beautiful love story between two young men. You understand both their stories, and care for them deeply.

For a long time now I've avoided anything that sounded "sad". For my own mental health I couldn't open a book about something sad, especially about queer people being sad.
But I'm so glad I read this.
It's not exactly an uplifting light and fun book, obviously, but it is full of love and uplifting moments throughout these times of fear and uncertainty. That made it all the more enjoyable.