When Everything Feels Like the Movies

from terriko

I heard about this book because it was on Canada Reads, although being out of country I didn't manage to actually catch the episodes talking about it when they were broadcast so I still went in mostly not knowing what I was in for. The idea of coping with high school by imagining it as a movie se...

from Brainannex

Not an easy read at all. Although based on a true story, it had the feel of being so unrealistic that it makes the story that much more disturbing that it is not wholly fiction. Also, to think that it happened to such young people (middle school) makes it doubly hard to read. All that said, I thi...

from LibraryCin

3.5 stars Jude is gay, wears makeup, and likes to dress in his mother's clothes. He isn't shy about this, even at school. But, of course, he is bullied because of it. He thinks of himself, though, as a movie star, and his life is like a movie; this allows him to deal with the other kids and the b...

from LoriShwydky

Winner of Governor General's Literary Award. An edgy very real, no holds bar young adult story about a glamourous boy named Jude.

from annhepburn

Did not like. I found the protagonist incredible off-putting, which made me unable to relate to or sympathize with his plight. My main issue is the presentation of this book as a YA novel -- similar to Lullabies for Little Criminals, I think it's more suited for adults despite its teenage charact...