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File Size: 508 KB
Print Length: 305 pages
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (October 11, 2011)
Publication Date: October 11, 2011
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B004XHYQE2
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Stick is the story of Stark McClellan and his older brother Bosten. The boys are growing up in a harsh, cold home in rural Washington state. Their parents are abusive and cruel. Stark, nicknamed "Stick", was born without an ear, and he's been teased about his missing ear his whole life. Bosten is his only defender, and their neighbor Emily is Stick's only friend. Bosten is also gay, which Stick only learns when he catches Bosten and his friend Paul together. That doesn't matter to Stick, who loves his brother, but it matters a lot to his rigid parents. (The historical setting of this book is never specified, but based on the music, drugs, and cars mentioned, I would assume the setting is 1970s). The boys have an ally in their Aunt Dahlia, but she lives in distant Southern California. When Bosten finally runs away after an epic fight with their father, Stick takes their father's car and runs after him.This is a hard book to read, primarily due to the horrific abuse that the two main characters endure at the hands of their parents. But as usual with Andrew Smith's books, the main characters are vibrant and lovable. My major criticism has to do with the plot--the second half of the story felt rushed and entirely too dependent on lucky chance. Not to mention, it strained my credulity that the same controlling parents who had rules about hair length, underwear, and what could or could not be said to a neighbor were just going to let Stark get away with taking his father's car and moving in with Aunt Dahlia. Sorry, but I really wasn't buying that one bit.
This book was banned from the reading shelf at a public school near Portland, Oregon. I'm a former teacher and I don't understand why. This book suddenly made me understand what some of my childhood friends had gone through living in disfunctional homes. No one knows the horrors that go on in other people's homes. But, it's time we start those discussions and it's also time start paying attention to those who are suffering in the silence of their personal hells. It really is time to do something to stop the circle of childhood abuse. It's past time for the village to start caring for all our children. Look around, it's there. This book is a fantastic starting point for that discussion. It broke my heart to now know.
This book was so good, I was doing my Lamaze breathing during some parts because they were exquisitely written, yet incredibly painful and dark.This book will haunt me for a long time, but that's okay because I've never read anything quite like it. The characters are so well-formed, my heart so invested in their actions, I so desperately wanted to meet them and hug or stab them, accordingly.Stark's devotion to his brother and his determination to navigate through the hell of his life, while at the same time hating himself so intently, made my heart feel like an anchor while I read. I wanted Stark to be saved. I wanted him to thrive. I wanted him to love.This is a tale of the ugliest and most beautiful moments in life wrapped up in one 13 year old boy, and it's incredible.Everyone should read this book, it's life-altering.
Some books bitchslap you with sentimentality, some punch you in the boobs with longing and heartbreak, some books feel like a good one-night stand that leaves you with the disgusting aftertaste of regret, self-loathing and the fear of herpes... okay, I think I'm getting sidetracked now... and some books hurt you in places you didn't know could hurt while lying in bed reading by yourself.The blurb is pretty upfront, and true enough, this was not an easy read. I really thought I was going to DNF this at 15%. I've NEVER DNF-ed a book just for being too much. And I've read my share of too much. In truth, what Stick and Bosten went through, the abuse and the violence that went on inside and outside that house, usually puts me off. Because more often than not, I feel like I'm being emotionally manipulated into crying (I'm looking at you, Reason to Breathe). But placing this in the context of a deformed thirteen year old boy dealing with the complexity of puberty and the terrifying changes that comes with it, layered with the simplicity of his relationship with his brother... It worked.The first half of Stick portrayed the lives of the McClellan brothers in Point No Point, Washington through the eyes of Stark "Stick" McClellan and his brother Bosten. Stick has one ear, one best friend (Emily) and a lot of abuse thrown his way. His brother, Bosten keep the wolves in school at bay but when they're home, there's no one between them, their parents and St. Fillan's Room. Their father may have beaten them into believing they are less than who they are, that this was the norm in every household, but they still got each other.The second half deals with the aftermath of Bosten running away from home after their father found out that he's gay. Stick embarks on a lonesome roadtrip as he tracks his brother back to California, the place where they learned that kindness and love didn't come with rules and punishments through their Aunt Dahlia.I may have to admit into liking the first half better than the last despite the persistent twig branch I had in my eye while reading through it. I felt the narrative flowed, tension was evenly spaced and Stick's sexual awakening provided simultaneous charm and entertainment reminiscent of Ryan Dean in Winger. I always get a massive feels erection with stories reflecting relationships with brothers. Romantic and erotic relationships feel very pedestrian and easy but translating the depth and texture of that bond between brothers while displaying each as a person distinct from the other? It takes a very tempered hand to get that right, I feel.Not to sell this one short on the romance because I found his and Emily's moments delightful in their innocence, warming the corners of my heart that have been frozen by their horrible parents. That particular exchange they have when Stick tells her what goes on in his house? Like getting shanked right in the aorta.The second half wasn't bad but with Bosten missing from the picture, I felt the story lost a bit of its balance. Some scenes felt too expository for me with some characters not serving any purpose in the bigger picture that was The Evolution of Stick to Stark McClellan (I don't get the point of April, for instance). There were good, intense moments that had me praying for certain things NOT to happen (my imagination can go to the dark and f***ed up place in a certain setting) and one moment when I felt the tear-pushing just got too obvious Stick singing himself happy birthday while alone in the car? Oh come on, you're above that pay-grade Andrew Smith. Anywhere else I would've cried foul, but this time I'm just chalking it up as a slip.The last 25% felt this side of rushed and for something as gritty as the first half of this book. The heavy handedness on pounding the recurring theme things happening and things changing started as an annoying paper cut that eventually grew to a mammoth bleeding gash on the face. There came a point it became impossible to ignore anymore.These were small issues I had with the book, but what cost this book my esteem was the idea of Aunt Dahlia coming across too Poppins-esque, I think I was bothered by that, more than her turning up out of nowhere in their lives after having suffered so much. I like the imperfect and uneven edges in my books, the splinters make them more acceptable as realistic fiction. Aunt Dahlia just felt too smooth and California was just too much of a perfect yang to Washington's yin.Stick is a tough book, yes, but I find myself drawn to these kinds of stories, pushing my boundaries and expanding my horizons as a reader. I'm going to step over my boundaries and aggressively push this to anyone who has read and liked or disliked Reason to Breathe.They drive different messages across but they intersect at certain points. And in those points, this is the book that that one aspires to, but will never be.
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