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A lot to unpack in this short, supernatural mystery

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

January 30, 2023 by genericwhitegirl 2 Comments

There is nothing in this book that I relate to. I am not a 16-year old, gay, black, male. And I definitely don’t see ghosts or ghouls. But Jake is and does. And as extraordinary as he is, he still deals with all the other ordinary things a teenager deals with. So Jake’s life is…complicated…to say the least. Jake’s ordinary life concerns living in the shadow of his big brother, growing apart from friends, and getting to know the cute new student at his school […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, mystery, Ryan Douglass, skootchyknees, supernatural, the taking of jake livingston, YA, young adult fiction

genericwhitegirl's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, mystery, Ryan Douglass, skootchyknees, supernatural, the taking of jake livingston, YA, young adult fiction ·
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This YA horror was more disturbing to me than some adult horror books I’ve read.

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

December 23, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

It’s nearly always a good thing when one of your only complaints about a book is “I wanted more”. I say nearly, because I have read some stinkers where the main thing wrong was that the author didn’t actually do the work of fleshing out the world and the characters. Here, that’s not the problem. It’s pretty clear from reading this that the author did his work. It’s a concise YA horror story about a young man who can see ghosts (among other abilities), and […]

Filed Under: Horror, Young Adult Tagged With: horror, LGBTQIA, narfna, queer horror, Ryan Douglass, the taking of jake livingston, YA, YA horror, Young Adult

narfna's CBR14 Review No:228 · Genres: Horror, Young Adult · Tags: horror, LGBTQIA, narfna, queer horror, Ryan Douglass, the taking of jake livingston, YA, YA horror, Young Adult ·
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