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neiland
March 29, 2026
Brutal
This book was banned on other sites due to the graphic nature when it comes to the details of an underage male prostitute in the 90s in Chicago. I cannot say that i blame such concernment. SITR is told from two different perspectives, from Jack, the hustler, and Josie, the girl he has fallen in love with. It could have been a romance because the loneliness and pining of a young girl (Josie loses her virginity to Jack) is understood and beautifully expressed, but it leans to far to the darker side of things. A brutal read.