So let me just say that this was an incredibly well-plotted, super fast-paced and intense story. I don't want to to take too much away, plot wise.
In order to escape, they will have to uncover a lot of abhorrent secrets that will make the mobster want to keep them hidden away on the island until their last breath, be that in thirty years or, well, tomorrow. I'm glad that this book only spans a few days cause I don't think I could have handled any more than that. Some of them have already been there for a long time. These kids need to find a way to escape, otherwise they'll be spending months, if not years on that island. So imagine a handful (or two handsful? It's probably "handful", but it's plural and I like making up my own rules so) of queer children and teenagers on a lonely island surrounded my water and a mobster of cruel, definitely not well-meaning and actually super evil adults pretending to "re-straighten" them while really they just enjoy oppressing and manipulation people that have less power than they do. I love it even more when it's gay and this book is admittedly rather gay. There will be blood, graphic violence, murder, abuse, slurs and more. It does not shy away from showing the ugly with all its open wounds and oozing sores. Luckily, my fears were completely unnecessary because deliver it did. That also means my hopes were mile high and my fears of it not being able to deliver had my knees shaking. It is no surprise that I have been hyping this book since I first learnt of its existence. Also know that I'm slightly buzzed so I do not guarantee that this review will make any sense.
Hold my gin, cause I cannot do that while writing this. Conversion Camp Kids Gang Up on their Homophobic Guards - now that is a story I NEED in my life.
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