I wanted to get into this story. Like really wanted to. The idea of journeying with a boy who deals with bullying and sexual identity who eventually finds his way. Nothing like a good coming-of-age story. But the more I dug into this the more that didn’t happen. The depth I was expecting just wasn’t there.

There is a lot of tell and not show in this story. In the first chapter alone we are told that Mitch starts weari...