Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Today is a review of a book released in September 2024, a YA horror/thriller by Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture
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Synopsis:
A gut-wrenching story following a trans autistic teen who survives an attempted murder, only to be drawn into the generational struggle between the rural poor and those who exploit them.
On the night Miles Abernathy—sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian—comes out as trans to his parents, he sneaks off to a party, carrying evidence that may finally turn the tide of the blood feud plaguing Twist Creek: Photos that prove the county’s Sheriff Davies was responsible for the so-called “accident” that injured his dad, killed others, and crushed their grassroots efforts to unseat him.
The feud began a hundred years ago when Miles’s great-great-grandfather, Saint Abernathy, incited a miners’ rebellion that ended with a public execution at the hands of law enforcement. Now, Miles becomes the feud’s latest victim as the sheriff’s son and his friends sniff out the evidence, follow him through the woods, and beat him nearly to death.
In the hospital, the ghost of a soot-covered man hovers over Miles’s bedside while Sheriff Davies threatens Miles into silence. But when Miles accidently kills one of the boys who hurt him, he learns of other folks in Twist Creek who want out from under the sheriff’s heel. To free their families from this cycle of cruelty, they’re willing to put everything on the line—is Miles?
A visceral, unabashedly political page-turner that won’t let you go until you’ve reached the end, Compound Fracture is not for the faint of heart, but it is for every reader who is ready to fight for a better world.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Story
06:28 - Characters
16:50 - Worldbuilding/Setting
21:54 - Presentation
26:15 - Final Thoughts
28:10 - Outro
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Hi, I'm Ven and welcome to my little corner of YouTube where we talk books and play games. Thanks' so much for joining me for today's video and I hope you enjoy.
Today is a review of a book released in September 2024, a YA horror/thriller by Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture
#booktube #bookreview #bookrecommendations #2024reading
Synopsis:
A gut-wrenching story following a trans autistic teen who survives an attempted murder, only to be drawn into the generational struggle between the rural poor and those who exploit them.
On the night Miles Abernathy—sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian—comes out as trans to his parents, he sneaks off to a party, carrying evidence that may finally turn the tide of the blood feud plaguing Twist Creek: Photos that prove the county’s Sheriff Davies was responsible for the so-called “accident” that injured his dad, killed others, and crushed their grassroots efforts to unseat him.
The feud began a hundred years ago when Miles’s great-great-grandfather, Saint Abernathy, incited a miners’ rebellion that ended with a public execution at the hands of law enforcement. Now, Miles becomes the feud’s latest victim as the sheriff’s son and his friends sniff out the evidence, follow him through the woods, and beat him nearly to death.
In the hospital, the ghost of a soot-covered man hovers over Miles’s bedside while Sheriff Davies threatens Miles into silence. But when Miles accidently kills one of the boys who hurt him, he learns of other folks in Twist Creek who want out from under the sheriff’s heel. To free their families from this cycle of cruelty, they’re willing to put everything on the line—is Miles?
A visceral, unabashedly political page-turner that won’t let you go until you’ve reached the end, Compound Fracture is not for the faint of heart, but it is for every reader who is ready to fight for a better world.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Story
06:28 - Characters
16:50 - Worldbuilding/Setting
21:54 - Presentation
26:15 - Final Thoughts
28:10 - Outro
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
If you need trigger warnings for your books, please visit these webpages:
booktriggerwarnings.com
triggerwarningdatabase.com
My Links:
twitch.tv/vens_corner
twitter.com/Vens_Corner
goodreads.com/vens_corner
app.thestorygraph.com/profile/vens_corner2
web.voxer.com/u/veneficus606
Discord of @BookWyrm1060
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