Sprout : Or My Salad Days, When I Was Green in Judgment

from miki

This book definitely has some amazingly compelling parts, especially towards the end -- but for me, it felt like a hike to get there. The first half of the book is mostly just setting up the characters and the place, without a whole lot happening. I enjoyed the read overall -- but I will freely a...

from ChristianR

Not only is Sprout a gay teenager, he is stuck in Kansas with his alcoholic father. His father abruptly decided to move away (to anywhere) after his mother died of cancer, and so Sprout was dragged along from Long Island to a trailer home in Kansas, where all of the kids have known each other sin...

from paroof

The actual reading of the book was fun. It was cleverly written - by someone who enjoyed writing and enjoyed language - just as the character, Sprout, said he did. I liked that. Sprout was supposed to be a good writer, so the writing should have been interesting and it was. I give it a lot of cre...

from Jellyn

I keep going back and forth on this. This book could've been a 5 for me, but yet I'm partly tempted to give it a 3. I liked the voice and the character. And the subject matter. I just.. it's the story I'm uncertain on. And I'm kind of mad at the ending. But yea.. hard to say more without spoiling...

from blakefraina

Quite a few of my fellow readers adhere to what is commonly referred to as "The 25 Page Rule." This means that if they aren't enjoying a book by the time they're 25 pages in, they abandon it. Well, I pity those folks because I can't tell you how many rewarding reading experiences I might've misse...