Too Bright to See, by Kyle Lukoff

[sophia_sol]

Wow this book is incredible. It's a middle grade novel about a kid in the summer before starting middle school, with a newly-dead uncle who was an important parent-figure, trying to navigate shifting friendships and figuring out identity and what it means to be yourself, and also figure out what the ghost haunting the family home is trying to say. The book does an amazing job of capturing a pervasive sense of unease as Bug tries to navigate all these uncertainties and changes. But despite that unease it's such a good-hearted book, deeply moving and beautifully queer, and with a wonderful ending. I loved Bug, and Uncle Roderick, and Bug's mom, and Bug's best friend Moira. It's a book with no antagonist, but it's gripping the whole way through!

Comments

[lirazel]

Aww, so glad you enjoyed it! It sounds sweet!

[sophia_sol]

Yeah, it really is!

[skygiants]

This sounds absolutely great -- adding to the list!

[sophia_sol]

I hope you like it as much as I did!