Today the Panelists discuss the young adult horror novel Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young. This one's got everything you could want. Secret gay boyfriends. 60's fashion and art inspiration. An amateur murder investigation. Demons. And a cute dog.
Content Warning: self-harm, suicide, murder, mental illness, psychosis, and homophobia
- (00:00) - “Hello Sunshine” by Keezy Young
- (00:35) - Front Matter
- (01:09) - Content Warnings
- (01:27) - Impressions
- (04:12) - The pace of the book
- (07:16) - Noah ❤️
- (09:00) - Jamie
- (10:20) - Sky
- (10:34) - Izzy
- (12:41) - Keezy’s art
- (13:36) - Color scripting
- (15:31) - Faces!
- (17:16) - Fashion Corner
- (19:51) - SPOILER ZONE
- (20:44) - Mrs. Danner is innocent!
- (21:29) - Sky getting told off by her mom
- (22:39) - Horror & Mental Health
- (31:33) - A personal experience of psychosis
- (34:02) - This story works best as a comic
- (36:35) - This book is scary!
- (40:11) - Madame Rainbow is [REDACTED]
- (44:14) - Informative but not Didactic
- (46:12) - Noah and Alex in the field of flowers
- (48:16) - Trans rep
- (52:11) - Speech patterns of the kids
- (52:58) - Read the Afterword
- (54:34) - Further Reading
Further Reading
Episode 29
