I read this book via audiobook. The book is in verse, so the audiobook was like a spoken word performance. I really enjoyed it, but now I want to buy the book and read it again in print. I want to see the words on the page. I think both experiences are important in a book like this. 

 

I wasn’t exactly sure what this book was about. I just new it was a LGBTQIA must read. Now I understand why. It is a coming of age story of a Jamaican/Greek Londoner gay young man. 

 

There is so much I enjoyed about this book. I love how the main character, Michael, grows. He does so without diminishing where he has been. 

 

I love the visual of him writing poetry on his phone in a club bathroom. 

 

I love his inclusion of trans space, even though that is not a personal identity of the MC the voice is included. 

 

I loved how Michael gave tribute to everyone who stood up before us to give us our space. 

 

It was a beautiful book. One I plan on reading again.