6/11/2023 0 Comments The sidekicks by will kostakis![]() ![]() Through their grief the boys learn to be kind to one another and to themselves, a lesson that could be taught more often. This is a story about friendship, but also about kindness. I found that as each section came along I loved that boy the most, and I couldn’t help but see the other two through his eyes. ![]() They are each fully drawn and heartbreakingly whole. Kostakis’ depiction of the other three boys is spot on. His spectre looms over the story to the perfect degree, present but illusory. This makes seeing Isaac through three different pairs of eyes a treat. Ryan ‘the jock’, Harley ‘the rebel’ and Miles ‘the brains’ have little in common other than Isaac. The Sidekicks is divided into three parts each section is narrated by a different character. To make the situation worse, the three weren’t actually friends with one another, but now find their lives increasingly tied together through their grief. ![]() After Isaac dies, his three best friends struggle to fill the space he occupied in their lives. ![]()
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