True Letters From A Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publications Date: June 7th, 2016
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Logan's first novel, TRUE LETTERS FROM A FICTIONAL LIFE, is an astoundingly genuine story about a teenage boy coming to terms with his own
sexuality and its impact on his world. James, a moderately popular jock with a
charismatic girlfriend and a seemingly perfect life, struggles with his
affections for one of his closest male friends. With no one to turn to James writes
letters to him and all the other people in his life to help him process his
feelings. Guilt from lying to his girlfriend, friends, and family, and for an
injury that happened to one of his peers, James finds a connection with a boy
from another school and slowly learns to accept himself, doing his best to
ignore what other people think of him.
This story is easily one of the most realistic and honest LGBTQ+ coming of age tales in a while, and I felt as though I was a part of James' life. The unbarred descriptions of the conflicting emotions he felt were natural and seemed as though the author had true insight into what James was experiencing. While the story was masterfully told, there was also a rawness and a truthfulness that made it an emotionally captivating account from a shockingly life-like narrator. From the moment I picked it up, I was unable to stop reading until I had finished and by the last page I was crying, not only because of the story, but because it was over. I recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested by this genre and promise that it will be one of your best reads of 2016. I'm thrilled not only by this book, but by the potential this author has and I'm extremely excited to see what he does next.
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