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Bingo Love by Tee Franklin

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midnightmarauder's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

Bingo Love is a story narrated by Hazel Johnson, who is retelling her story to a woman she knows. The woman was just kicked out of her parents' home after they discovered her attraction to other women, and she asks if she can stay with Hazel, who says yes, and tells her the story about how she went through a similar thing in her youth. 

I don't have too much to comment on about this story. It's an easy read that tugs on the heartstrings, which is what I like in a book. I felt a lot of love for the characters and their plight to acceptance of not only the people around them, but themselves. 

The only thing I didn't like (which is very minor) is how James, Hazel's husband,
reacted negatively to his wife's coming out. It is implied that he went through a similar situation during his time in the army, where he says he fell in love with someone he met there. So, chances are, he could just be experiencing self-hatred and negatively took it out on Hazel. But, that doesn't make what he said okay.


All in all, if you're looking for something easy to read, this is the book for you. 
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itsreirei's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

LGBT-Version of the Notebook. Cute and all but nothing new.
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knockoffrainbow's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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bladelikesbooks's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.0

A sapphic romance spanning a few decades where childhood sweethearts get a second chance at their love after having separate families. 

Before reading this, I fell in love with the cover and I did originally think it was going to be about 3 different love stories rather than one couple through their lives but I loved that it was that. This was an incredibly emotional story and the ending absolutely destroyed my soul. The illustrations were so beautiful too. I’d love to see more from these authors!

Tropes - Friends To Lovers; Second Chance Romance 

Rep - Bisexual (MC); Black (MC/SC/BGCs); Pansexual (MC); Plus Size (MC); POC (MC); Queer (MC)

TWs/CWs - Child Birth; Cussing; Death; Dementia; Divorce; Domestic Violence; Forced Marriage; Homophobia; Infidelity; Lesbophobia; Pregnancy
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charlie_woodchipper's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad 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? No

5.0

Legit cried at the end. Beautiful!
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violet_pages's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

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alainam's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad tense 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

3.5

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ehmannky's review

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emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

A cute premise and lovely art, but there’s something just missing? It’s  too much content for how short and also a lot of plot points are just sort of brushed over.
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alliemikennareads's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

4.25

Bingo Love is a graphic novel with beautiful illustrations and great storytelling. I appreciated the historical + present day queer rep, therapy rep and the coming out later in life rep. 

This the story of two black best friends (Mari and Hazel) who love each other in the 1960s, and whose families have very strict Christian views and don’t support two women being together. So instead, they both marry the men their families make them marry, and their lives unfold separately from there - until they reconnect fifty years later.

I’d recommend it to graphic novel fans. It’s a quick read that, while more surface level than some graphic novels I’ve read, still had the elements I look for in this genre with a unique type of relationship I haven’t seen much yet in queer books I’ve picked up. 

CW: Homophobia, biphobia, divorce 
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