The Austin Chronicle recommended the book stating it was both ″uplifting″ and ″relevant″. It was selected by Indie Bound () for the Fall '08 Kids Next List. What They Always Tell Us was generally well received by critics. The chapters switch back and forth between Alex and James' perspective, giving readers access to both of their thoughts and desires. The story takes place over the school year and chronicles the brothers fulfilling school and family obligations, befriending a lost and isolated neighborhood boy, and the brothers repairing their own relationship with one another. James is ambitious, popular and athletic. James is a senior who is presented as the exact opposite of Alex. Alex is a high school junior who struggles with depression the novel opens a few months after he drank Pine-Sol in an apparent suicide attempt. What They Always Tell Us is told from the perspective of two brothers, Alex and James. What They Always Tell Us was also chosen for the ALA's 2009 Rainbow List. The book was a finalist in the Children's/Young Adult category at the 2009 Lambda Literary Awards, but lost to Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg. What They Always Tell Us is the first novel by Martin Wilson, focusing on the relationship between two high school age brothers as one begins to embrace his homosexuality.
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