Review: Amazing!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2013
Right from the first sentence The Sky Is Dead had my full attention. The prologue sees us meeting David at the age of twenty-nine with his lover, Jack. When Jack asks him why, even with over eight years as a couple, he's never mentioned his parents to Jack, we embark on an all too possible story of David's past.While I'm not much of a fan of present tense, it suits this story. It's gives the words and pacing a gravity that is in keeping with the subject matter. And the words are both unwasted and beautiful. But that's not to say there isn't lightness. There is. There's funny, playful moments that caused me to smile so wide my cheeks hurt. I loved the growth of Danny/David. He's such an interesting, wonderful character. Despite all the adversities he's faced, there's such a sense of fun and mischief about him that is an integral part of who he is. Even the life he's led since having his family turn his back on him have been unable to beat that out of him. I like that, although it's not pushed in the reader's face at every turn, the fact that the things that have happened to Danny have left invisible scars.Read the full review at Live Your Life, Buy The Book