Death Register

by Dwight Thompson

Set during the politically turbulent times of 90s Jamaica, Death Register is a challenging and moving coming of age story. It uncovers the extreme nature of Jamaican homophobia and explores its devastating effects on a group of high school boys in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

326 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 18, 2018

Reviews

[Mackeda(islandgyalreads) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not sure how I feel about this one

[Isaiah Burnley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A raw take on the Caribbean experience told from the authors point of view, this book speaks about a lot of the specialised issues happening in our societies here in the Caribbean. The open and unfair Cultural aggression toward Homosexual, and bisexual individuals, and the fact that they have little to no support. it speaks about issues like sex trafficking, this book rawness in literature, could be callus and a lot of the time scenes can be plain gross, but that adds to its Grotesque nature. this book also captures the beauty of The island of Jamaica, its unique flavour and colour, and the nature of the people who lives there. we follow a young writer on his journey of becoming something, faced with natural issues of peer pressure, loss, regret, Grief, and of unusual sexual desires. This book also hints at the colourist and racist issues that plague the Caribbean.