Caring for Your Clown

Aliens Are Real, Book 1

By: Oleander Blume

Narrated by: Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey

Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

Oliver Tarsul is a mostly average 14-year-old kid; aside from being the unwilling roommate to an interdimensional space clown his stepfather solicited to rebuild a portal designed by his recently deceased mother.

Things are more than a little complicated.

Regardless, dealing with a gelatinous slime monster in the shape of a clown girl named Dindet, while also trying to stay under the radar as the only trans kid in school, proves to be significantly harder than he imagined.

But the fallout of his mother's supposed death didn't just bring into question what she was working on and who she was working with. It also brought along with it a part of Oliver's past that he'd rather just forget.

The first entry in a planned series of riveting interdimensional shennaniganery, with a heartbreaking emotional core that will leave anyone on the brink of tears, if not sobbing outright.

This is no childish story. Despite the friendly and bouncy exterior, the content of this audiobook and the series involve much darker themes such as intergenerational familial abuse, recovery, personal growth after terribly traumatic events, and ending the cycles of manipulative and narcissistic behavior.

However, for every awful thing, there is just as much compassion, love, and commitment through the most ultimate thick and thins.

So join Oliver and Dindet as they navigate the outlandish worlds of the multiverse, as well as the grounded mundanity of average teenage life.

Enjoy it too, cause right now things are good.

And it's about to get a whole lot worse.

©2021 Christen Marie Watson (P)2022 Christen Marie Watson

I wasn’t ready for this book

I read the first book so I already knew the themes that would be handled. It still somehow surprised me and left me sobbing while I listened. If I could somehow rate this higher than the full five the first deserved I would. This book was amazing and heart wrenching and I need the next one immediately.

Emotional Depth & Purity

Ever felt awkward? Unloved? Misunderstood? Judged?

The emotional roller coaster of this book is incomparable. This is Sci-Fi blended with your favorite Saturday morning cartoon, only the science actually makes sense and you walk away with a life lesson, BUY THE DANG BOOK

Definitely recommend if you loved “Life Size”

This is a well done audio of a unique story that will appeal to those who love the themes of the old movie Life Size, but also love aliens and want to see a trans kid just trying his best while dealing with an alien clown placed in his care. This was charming and original, but also did well navigating tough topics.

A nostalgic and fun read with a hidden darkness

I loved this book. it had all the fun nostalgia of an old Saturday morning cartoon but didn't shy away from dark topics and adult themes. it all blended together beautifully. I will say there are triggers for sexual abuse in this book, but done In a respectful manner towards the seriousness of the subject.