Reviews with content warning for Transphobia - Some Girls Do

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Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan

20 reviews

marblemars's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I read this book super fast, and I feel like I've grown attached to the characters. Morgan, a track athlete who is very openly lesbian, struggles with leaving her homophobic, Catholic school and decides she wants to help people who are in a similar situation to her. Ruby, who competes in pageants, knows that she doesn't want to do that because its her mom's dream, she wants to fix up cars. She doesn't have a good relationship with her mom because she was a teen when she had Ruby, and she also struggles a lot financially. Ruby is trying to figure herself out while trying to maintain that strong, happy person that she was taught from pageant training. I was scared that I wouldn't like it, but I love it soooooo much.

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tetedump's review against another edition

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the relationship... felt too close to not consensual for me to be comfortable. Neither of them were acting in what I felt were their best interests 😂 and I wanted a cute gay romance book, not a really messy walking-the-line-of-toxic-relationship book.

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abby_can_read's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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I wanted to like this book. It wasn't bad but it was a struggle to read at time. The plot is fine, the characters were fine, and the writing was fine. This just wasn't a book for me.

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mangofraiche's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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rickireadss's review

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3.0

this was just average. i don’t want to say it’s bad but i just didn’t care for the mcs or the plot really. this is definitely a book someone will enjoy, it just wasn’t for me!

⚠️: homophobia, emotional abuse, child abuse, biphobia, religious bigotry, alcoholism, transphobia, domestic abuse

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cozyreader9752's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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kaylasmilyface's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

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5.0

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beccaand's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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moodreaderlesbian's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I started reading this book right after finishing Not My Problem and at first I felt like they were similar and didn't really vibe with that so I kinda put it down for a week or so and then picked it up again and doing this was probably one of the best ideas I've ever had because separating the two really helped me enjoy both.
Since I wasn't out and proud in high school as I lived in a very conservative town I related a lot to how Ruby is trying to stay away from the whole "am I queer?" thing because it's safer not to even acknowledge the situation. However I also related to Morgan because online and at home I was an lgbtq+ rights activist, even before I knew I was queer. So with that in mind, I feel like I understand both sides here. But because of this I often chose sides and ultimately didn't really side with either Ruby or Morgan.

Okay, I ended up siding with Ruby because I feel like especially with her past in her old school and her ambitions to bring meaningful change to queer youth Morgan definitely didn't treat Ruby fairly when she told her she didn't want to go public and come out and show PDA and all that. That was a shitty move I'm not sure I could forgive in real life. It was a bit of a Happiest Season situation and I didn't really support that plotline either but what can you do? Also, I get that she is a teen and teens make stupid mistakes but when you pride yourself on being this queer rights warrior treating closeted people like shit doesn't cast a good light on you. Also I think telling the pride club folks about the Ruby thing wasn't fair either. A secret is a secret. Either keep it or don't agree to the whole thing.

It was an easy read (for me but check trigger warnings please) and I definitely recommend it. Also Billy is the best character in the whole book. Stan Billy y'all!

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