Get It Now Switch Scripted By Douglas Davey Released Through EPub

book is for much younger readers than myself, It is sort of Degrassi with the focus on one young man's struggle with coming out as bisexual, It was an accurate portrait of the relationships and struggles that young people face in school and brought me back to that time, I really enjoyed the story,
Nonetheless, while I get what the writer was trying to do with the footnotes time shifting thoughts between then and now and providing other information honestly, I hated them.
They were distracting and the book is about/footnotes, crazy amounts, For me, the footnotes turned an interesting book for younger readers, into something else,
About a quarter of the way in, I stopped reading the footnotes because I found them so annoying, Thus while the book is finished for me, I will never know exactly what the writer had set out to tell us,
The thing is that now I have two different ratings for the book, The story itself I would rate aor maybe even a,. I would really have enjoyed the non footnote part of the book when I was young, I think as much as I enjoyed SE Hinton's: The Outsiders, because for me it was great to read about young people who, like me, struggled as a youth.
On the other hand the footnotes were so annoying, I could not read them so this part of the book I would give aand since it made up a good section of the book, I have to give this book a lower rating than what I think it deserves.




and the book is about/footnotes
I am not exaggerating,
These footnotes are a bit like a split personality disorder,
See what I mean I found this book in the library when searching for stuff to read, and at my local library they have rainbow stickers on the spines of the LGBTQ books.
I am an avid reader of queer books, so this caught my eye, I myself am bisexual and this is possibly the most accurate I have seen myself represented although I am not a cis guy, His journey of selfacceptance is not poisoned with the stereotypes usually perpetuated about bisexual people, and he actually feels confident using that label instead of calling himself gay or straight for certain reasons.
Shel is a very genuine character and his cast of characters in the's version of a GSA club were very believable as people as well, I really like his girlfriend's story arc, and I think her reaction to him coming out is similar to experiences of bisexual people even now, in, I enjoyed the footnotes from older Sheldon and how he used them to foreshadow things that would be mentioned later in the book, to keep you wanting to see what would happen next.
This was just a random book I took off the shelf because it was gay, and I was not disappointed! Switch is a really good coming of age story about a high school boy, and his peers, coming to terms with his sexuality in thes when being anything but straight was highly feared or frowned upon.
It's an easy read, really interesting, and a great story about daring to be different, I think this book was too short to do justice to the complications of identifying oneself as bisexual, It might be useful for someone whose friend or sibling has just come out as bisexual, but it doesn't strike me as something that would be useful to someone who was wrestling with the matter themselves.


I did like the footnotes, though, The narration is good in that the adult narrator gives weight to the authenticity of the adolescent writing, This was an enjoyable read, It answered some of the questions I had about bisexuality but didn't want to ask anyone out of fear of being intrusive or appearing ignorant, It is clear that the author is very familiar with the subject, and I'm sure it would be a great read for teens who are coming to terms with their own sexuality and to heighten diversity awareness in others.
The characters were believable and likeable and I really cared what happened to them, Quite by accident, Sheldon discovers he's bi, in high school in the late 's/early 's, In an act of cruelness, he is outed to the school in a time when homophobia was everywhere and bisexuality was completely misunderstood,

A touching and compelling must read for LGBTQ kids and allies alike, It has the real life tragedies associated with being gay in this time period authorities looked the other way at bullying and abuse, but it also has a lovely feeling and message of hope.


A novel presented as a memoir written shortly after the events with the older Sheldon leaving footnotesmostly explanations of outdated pop culture references and snide comments on how naive he was then.
This really is a unique format and reading experience,

I had to keep reminding myself this was fiction and not an autobiography, It was ok, Let me just say that I LOVE footnotes, That is all. Switch by Douglas Davey is a bildungsroman, It explores the struggle of a bisexual young man coming to terms with his feelings and with prejudice from bullies, Being bisexual is confusing for him and his friends, with everyone questioning how he really felt about his girlfriend,

The narration is great, and makes it feel like Sheldon is a real person, The footnotes are funny and informative, but Im not sure teens will enjoy them as much as I do,

This is a book that could be helpful to a teen who is questioning their sexuality, It explores different opinions and misconceptions about bisexuality that they may face, You dont have to be gay to enjoy the novel, but sexual orientation is the main focus so it will probably appeal the most to those who can relate or have friends they are trying to understand.


There are no explicit sex scenes in this novel, its more about the identity struggle than the actual sexuality, There are a lot of books I read that I givefor whatever reason, but I honestly feel like they deserve more of a,Switch deserves a.or higher. Not a lot goes into my rating system, It's generally based on the writing style, the plot, characters/character development, and lasting emotions, Switch had a really unique writing style the footnotes, a nice little captivating plot, and the characters were amazingly written, However, I feel as if I won't feel the emotions of this book for a long time to come, Although to be fair, I read this on the bus, so perhaps I would have felt more if I wasn't in public,

Either way, this book was very touching, and Shel was so realistic, I don't think my review is really doing him justice, He is probably one of the most realistic characters I've read thus far, Also props to this book for being about bisexuality, I know there are books about bisexuality out there, but for me at least they're kind of hard to find,

So yeah, in conclusion, really liked this book but I felt as if parts that would have made me very emotional did not, but Shel was a super realistic character, and I'm glad to finally have found a good book about bisexuality that doesn't fall into the hands of so many stereotypes/tropes.
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