187 reviews for:

Palm Meridian

Grace Flahive

4.06 AVERAGE

cafelatte68's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-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

theandreak's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

lesbiantoad's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

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Don’t like reading books set in the south by people who haven’t lived there, it’s always obvious 

muggletrixie's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad fast-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

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Read the book in one day. Wow. What a roller coaster of emotions. 
I would happily retire to the Palm Meridian. 

k_starr's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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: Complicated

eccokikuchi's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tubbikin's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

krossva's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny reflective medium-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: Complicated

erinbloom's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

getlitwithamy_'s review

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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While this is a story that covers tough topics like terminal illness, assisted suicide, and the one that got away, PALM MERIDIAN is also a tale of queer elder joy

This takes place in the year 2067, where the world has faced natural disasters due to rampant climate change. The Floridian town where this resort takes place is partly wiped out and deserted. California is more on fire than not. However, this semi-utopian retirement resort for elder queer women and nonbinary people thrives with different activities to keep everyone busy for their last few years. Hannah, the protagonist, has been terminally ill and plans on throwing an End of Life Party, as she is set to undergo assisted suicide at a nearby hospital the next morning

An invitation was sent to her ex-girlfriend and love of her life Sophie, who she hasn’t seen or spoken to in forty years. Jumping from past to present, we see Hannah’s life journey and its joys, trials, and tribulations

I LOVED this from the jump!! It was hilarious, it was gut wrenching, and it made me hopeful that in all of the world’s chaos, there are queer elders who make it to their 70s and 80s. I look to this dynamic in the future so I can see and be one of those elder queers

I could (and honestly might) write an essay about this book on my Substack because of how invested I am in the future of queer elders and queer elder joy, since this post can only be so long. Thank you SO MUCH to Avid Reader Press for giving me an e-ARC of this. It’s probably my favorite read of the year so far 💕💕