Book Details
Title: Time out
Author: Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Carlyn Greenwald
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: May 30, 2023
Genre(s): Young Adult, LGBT, Contemporary
Pages: 272
Title: Time out
Author: Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Carlyn Greenwald
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: May 30, 2023
Genre(s): Young Adult, LGBT, Contemporary
Pages: 272
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Reading Details
Finish Date: May 25, 2023
Format: Digital
Representation: Gay
Trigger/Content Warnings: Homophobia
Finish Date: May 25, 2023
Format: Digital
Representation: Gay
Trigger/Content Warnings: Homophobia
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Rating: 4/5
Review:
Thank you so much to Turn the Page Tours for allowing me to take part in this tour. It was an amazing experience.
I quite enjoyed this book! The main character was very likeable and I thought that he carried the story very well. I also liked the writing style in this book as well, it worked for me.
I will note that there were a couple of times where the book seemed to drag and I struggled a bit, but I just forced myself to continue reading the book and I would often get over whatever had initially bothered me.
Summary:
Heartstopper meets Friday Night Lights in this keenly felt coming-of-age story about a teen hometown hero who must find out who he is outside of basketball when his coming out as gay costs him his popularity and place on the team.
In his small Georgia town, Barclay Elliot is basically a legend. Here basketball is all that matters, and no one has a bigger spotlight than Barclay. Until he decides to use the biggest pep rally in the town’s history to come out to his school. And things change. Quickly.
Barclay is faced with hostility he never expected. Suddenly he is at odds with his own team, and he doesn’t even have his grandfather to turn to the way he used to. But who is Barclay if he doesn’t have basketball?
His best friend, Amy, thinks she knows. She drags him to her voting rights group, believing Barclay can find a bigger purpose. And he does, but he also finds Christopher. Aggravating, fearless, undeniably handsome Christopher. He and Barclay have never been each other’s biggest fans, but as Barclay starts to explore parts of himself he’s been hiding away, they find they might have much more in common than they originally thought.
As sparks turn into something more, though, Barclay has to decide if he’s ready to confront the privilege and popularity that have shielded him his entire life. Can he take a real shot at the love he was fighting for in the first place?
Review:
Thank you so much to Turn the Page Tours for allowing me to take part in this tour. It was an amazing experience.
I quite enjoyed this book! The main character was very likeable and I thought that he carried the story very well. I also liked the writing style in this book as well, it worked for me.
I will note that there were a couple of times where the book seemed to drag and I struggled a bit, but I just forced myself to continue reading the book and I would often get over whatever had initially bothered me.
Summary:
Heartstopper meets Friday Night Lights in this keenly felt coming-of-age story about a teen hometown hero who must find out who he is outside of basketball when his coming out as gay costs him his popularity and place on the team.
In his small Georgia town, Barclay Elliot is basically a legend. Here basketball is all that matters, and no one has a bigger spotlight than Barclay. Until he decides to use the biggest pep rally in the town’s history to come out to his school. And things change. Quickly.
Barclay is faced with hostility he never expected. Suddenly he is at odds with his own team, and he doesn’t even have his grandfather to turn to the way he used to. But who is Barclay if he doesn’t have basketball?
His best friend, Amy, thinks she knows. She drags him to her voting rights group, believing Barclay can find a bigger purpose. And he does, but he also finds Christopher. Aggravating, fearless, undeniably handsome Christopher. He and Barclay have never been each other’s biggest fans, but as Barclay starts to explore parts of himself he’s been hiding away, they find they might have much more in common than they originally thought.
As sparks turn into something more, though, Barclay has to decide if he’s ready to confront the privilege and popularity that have shielded him his entire life. Can he take a real shot at the love he was fighting for in the first place?
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