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Compound Fracture
by Andrew Joseph White
Disclaimer: I received an e-ARC from netgalley in exchange for a review.
I had just finished The Spirit Bares Its Teeth when the ARCs for this new book by Andrew Joseph White were released and I am so glad I got approved for it!
This novel takes the horror from White's previous books and narrows it down to a generation long blood feud in a small southern town and the life of a young trans teen, whose life is upended when he's attacked and beaten savagely. Unable and unwilling to back down like his parents did after facing a similar attack to force them into compliance, he finds himself drawn into finding a way to stop this. And we all know what violence begets, right?
The gore is gruesome in this one, somehow even more personal and unsettling due to it being so human as well. In general I really enjoyed the way injury and violence was written, it was graphic and uncompromising and uncomfortable and I loved it.
The story starts with Miles coming out as a trans guy to his family and throughout the course of the story Miles uncovers two other aspects of his identity, both of which are heavily hinted at throughout the story and made me really excited to see represented (obviously there's the autism, for which Miles finally finds a word through meeting another autistic person and). So if you want a gruesome thriller with some great representation and figuring yourself out this is definitely a great book to check out. I also really enjoy seeing the , which was just lovely to see!
Other topics that are being dealt with are family, community, hauntings, socialism, classism, poverty, unions, mining, disability, ableism (internal and external), intergenerational violence, class violence, police violence, transphobia and homophobia and fighting back against those in power. So pretty much what I was hoping for in this appalachian thriller.
Besides Miles, whose character I obviously enjoyed, particularly the way his brain works and his burning rage and hatred and the fact that he gets to do something about it, I really liked Dallas and Miles' family, but most importantly Lady, the dog. She is such a good dog!
At points I wish the villains and Cooper had been given a bit more character, as I think that could have made the story even more interesting and realistic. Despite this I had a great time and sometimes what you need is a book that just screams in rage and I definitely found that here.
I had just finished The Spirit Bares Its Teeth when the ARCs for this new book by Andrew Joseph White were released and I am so glad I got approved for it!
This novel takes the horror from White's previous books and narrows it down to a generation long blood feud in a small southern town and the life of a young trans teen, whose life is upended when he's attacked and beaten savagely. Unable and unwilling to back down like his parents did after facing a similar attack to force them into compliance, he finds himself drawn into finding a way to stop this. And we all know what violence begets, right?
The gore is gruesome in this one, somehow even more personal and unsettling due to it being so human as well. In general I really enjoyed the way injury and violence was written, it was graphic and uncompromising and uncomfortable and I loved it.
The story starts with Miles coming out as a trans guy to his family and throughout the course of the story Miles uncovers two other aspects of his identity, both of which are heavily hinted at throughout the story and made me really excited to see represented (obviously there's the autism, for which Miles finally finds a word through meeting another autistic person and
Spoiler
he discovers he's aromantic, which I absolutely adored to see!Spoiler
T4T autism4adhd commie4socialist queerplatonic relationshipOther topics that are being dealt with are family, community, hauntings, socialism, classism, poverty, unions, mining, disability, ableism (internal and external), intergenerational violence, class violence, police violence, transphobia and homophobia and fighting back against those in power. So pretty much what I was hoping for in this appalachian thriller.
Besides Miles, whose character I obviously enjoyed, particularly the way his brain works and his burning rage and hatred and the fact that he gets to do something about it, I really liked Dallas and Miles' family, but most importantly Lady, the dog. She is such a good dog!
At points I wish the villains and Cooper had been given a bit more character, as I think that could have made the story even more interesting and realistic. Despite this I had a great time and sometimes what you need is a book that just screams in rage and I definitely found that here.