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locdbooktician 's review for:
The Taking of Jake Livingston
by Ryan Douglass
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I truly enjoying reading book that feature Black men as a mediums. I found this story to uniquely told from two POVs. This book follows the story of a young queer Black boy who is a medium of sorts. Also a ghost or malicious spirit who is intended on driving people into chaos. The story follows the struggles of being queer in high school, physical abuse being Black in high school, shitty parents, working parents, and sexual assaulters who live in the home. What I enjoyed the most about this story was the authors ability to combine both stories and made it mandatory that you needed the other story to understand the other.