Book Reviewed: Pure Sunshine
By Brian James
Keeping with his theme of teenage angst and confusion, Brian James has written another spectacular novel, this time about LSD and a user named Brendon. Brendon seems like a typical teenager; he attends school but hates it; he has friends but they don't understand him; he has a secret crush he would never dream of approaching.
Pure Sunshine, the novel inquestion, follows the 48-hour journey of Brendon and his druggie buddies as they trip on special California LSD. Barely making it through school, they wait every day for the instant they can get away and eat the sunshine-printed pills. At first, things seem perfect. As the night wears on, Brendon starts to feel scared. He can't look at his friends, and he doesn't act the way they want him to. He doesn't act the way they want him to. He doesn't know who he is. After a particularly messy confrontation in a club, Brendon flees and finds himself approaching his salvation in the form of the girl he has always liked.
Pure Sunshine is rich in description, and travel deep into the mind of a teenager who can't seem to do anything right. Readers will find themselves agonizing with Brendon, wishing that he would make the 'right' choice, even is they don't know what it is. James does not disappoint.
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