Review: I didn't understand the title
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2013
This is an OK book, but the title and cover are so misleading.  This has nothing to do with man/boy relationships, it is a coming of age story about a boy and his friend who is a couple f years older.  The author seemed to believe that  it was all terribly controversial, based on the introduction, but it was really pretty tame.  I don't even understand why he mentions pedophelia in the blurb.  In most states, even statuatory rape requires more of an age difference.As a coming of age story, it is probably realistic but not terribly original.  It is a story about kids experimenting with sexuality and homosexuality in a hostile environment.  The writing is fairly solid, but the overwrought intro to what was essentially a couple of kids playing doctor and moving on to a sexual relationship (unbelievably normal behavior) soured me.Note: I wouldn't recommend this book to teens,  not because it is sexual in nature,  but because it attaches shame to normal behavior.  Sexual play among peers is not pedophilia. Kids exploring each other in the woods are not catamites. I do get that some people will be horrified by the sex scenes,  but it is the voyeuristic element (adults experiencing children sexually)  that is the issue,  not the behavior the book seeks to relate,  which the author seems to feel were shameful.