I found the types of ghosts and ghouls which are presented to be fascinating, especially the fact that most of the ghosts Jake sees are caught in a “death loop” where they continuously play out the last few moments of their life due to an inability to move on to the afterlife. While this book deals with very difficult topics from the racism and bullying Jake experiences at his school from his fellow classmates to the school shooting that Sawyer committed and the active shooter drills Jake’s school does, I felt that the author took great care and tact in dealing with this topics that are all too present in today’s world. Thankfully, The Taking of Jake Livingston did not disappoint but rather it delivered far more than I could’ve expected. When I first read the description for this book and saw that it’s comps were Get Out meets Danielle Vega, I was all in for what I hoped would be a fun paranormal story. High school soon becomes a survival game–one Jake is not sure he’s going to win. Suddenly, everything Jake knows about ghosts and the rules to life itself go out the window as Sawyer begins haunting him and bodies turn up in his neighborhood. Now a powerful, vengeful ghost, he has plans for his afterlife–plans that include Jake. A troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school last year before taking his own life.
Stuck in their death loops as they relive their deaths over and over again, they don’t interact often with people.
In fact he sees the dead around him all the time. It’s hard enough fitting in but to make matters worse and definitely more complicated, Jake can see the dead. Clair Prep, one of the others being his infinitely more popular older brother. Jake Livingston is one of the only Black kids at St. Get Out meets Danielle Vega in this YA horror where survival is not a guarantee. Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indigo | IndieBound Synopsis Trigger Warnings: Homophobia, Racism, School Shooting, Murder, Child Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Bullying
Source: I received an e-arc through Netgalley from the publisher as a part of my participation in TBR and Beyond Tours for the book.
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