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challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Thanks to Riverhead Books for the free advance copy of this book.
β¨MINI REVIEWβ¨
What I liked:
π The prose is clear and delicate
π A close look at the complicated relationships we have with our parents as adults
π I've never been to Houston, but I could feel the city in this book
π Not all queer relationships are happy and safe, and as painful as Mike and Benson's relationship sometimes was, I'm glad the queer canon is broadening
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What I didn't like:
π Speaking of painful relationship, I do wish the characters had acknowledged the mutual abuse a little more directly. It would have been a very different book, then, though
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Content warnings: domestic abuse, cancer, death, racism, homophobia. π
β¨MINI REVIEWβ¨
What I liked:
π The prose is clear and delicate
π A close look at the complicated relationships we have with our parents as adults
π I've never been to Houston, but I could feel the city in this book
π Not all queer relationships are happy and safe, and as painful as Mike and Benson's relationship sometimes was, I'm glad the queer canon is broadening
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What I didn't like:
π Speaking of painful relationship, I do wish the characters had acknowledged the mutual abuse a little more directly. It would have been a very different book, then, though
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Content warnings: domestic abuse, cancer, death, racism, homophobia. π
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Racism