Thanks to Ohio State Press for the free advance copy of this book.

 - ENGINE RUNNING is a memoir made of snapshots in time. Mason explores the slow dissolution of his family as his parents divorce and remarry, and he and his sister find themselves unable to forgive things their parents have done to them.
- The writing in this book is gorgeous, several passages reading like poetry. Mason's writing is succinct and yet evokes intense feelings of loneliness and of searching.
- I appreciated that this book wasn't entirely centered on coming out. Certainly it was a major part of Mason's story, but it was simply one thread of it.