Category: Book Reviews

• April 25, 2022

  On Heartstopper

  At first a fan of the webcomic, I watched as Oseman excused herself of appropriation while failing to grow her story beyond fujoshi tropes. Now Heartstoppers has won Best Graphic Novel 2020, and I could not be more disappointed.
• November 15, 2020

  Book Review: Hide

  An unpublished review of Matthew Griffin’s ‘Hide’, which no longer shows signs of my writing progress (hoy).
• November 5, 2020

  Book Review: Oh My Rebel God

  A review of Will Kostakis’s Rebel Gods, with unwanted commentary from ya nerdboi.
• August 21, 2020

  Book Review: Fin & Rye & Fireflies

  Harry Cook uses aversion therapy as a key character motivation without consulting someone who’s experienced it first-hand. This review attempts to illustrate why that might be a problem.
• June 29, 2020

  Book Review: Like A Love Story

  Reviewing Abdi Nazemian’s ‘Like A Love Story’. If you want a full nerd sesh, then this is the review for you.
• November 12, 2019

  Interview: Patrick Boyle

  Queer Icons From Gay to Z by Patrick Boyle (2019). Melbourne: Smith Street Books. | Written for Frooty Magazine, issue #, published ## November 2019.
• October 18, 2019

  Book Review: Invisible Boys

  Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard (2019). North Freemantle: Freemantle Press. | Review published by Frooty Magazine, 18 October 2019.
• October 10, 2019

  Book Review: Stranger Than Fanfiction

  Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer (2017). London: ATOM.
• October 1, 2019

  Book Review: A Separate Peace

  A Separate Peace by John Knowles (1959). New York: Scribner.
• September 15, 2019

  Book Review: Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda

  Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (2015). London: Penguin Books.