However, she makes a lot of poor decisions that she rarely feels the consequences of. She has quite an interesting hobby of raising rare butterflies that provides an entertaining and educational side to the book.
JL is on her own and essentially has no adult that she can turn to for help. None of the adult characters are supportive or helpful, which is shocking in a YA novel. Her mom goes to therapy sessions, but her behaviour becomes more and more concerning as the novel progresses. JL’s mom suffers from dissociative disorder and the way it is dealt with in the book is very vague. Mental illness is an important issue to explore in YA novels, however, if not presented properly, it becomes problematic. ❃Īt first glance, Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me seems like a book that will be enlightening and engaging. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ❃ I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. But what if devoting herself to Max not only means betraying her parents, but permanently losing the love of her best friend? What becomes of loyalty, when no one is loyal to you? Only, Max is about to graduate, and he's going to hit the road - with or without JL. Max may be rough on the outside, but he has the soul of a poet (something Aubrey will never understand). With JL's father gone on long term business, and her mother suffering from dissociative disorder, JL takes solace in the in the tropical butterflies she raises, and in her new, older boyfriend, Max Gordon. But they aren't the friends they once were. Fifteen-year-old JL Markham's life used to be filled with carnival nights and hot summer days spent giggling with her forever best friend Aubrey about their families and boys.
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