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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
I wanted to like this book. So much I wanted to. Maybe it is just wrong book wrong mood. I was so in love til about 40%. Pushed thru to 66% and at this time im gonna stop cause I have too long of a too read list to continue ones i am bored of.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
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
FIRE!!! I swear this book changed me I need to read it again it has such a special place in my heart.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
One of the best YA historical queer novels I’ve read. Truly such important diverse representation and so many topics touched on. Lovedddd it
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This was a remarkable story about a Chinese American girl growing up in San Francisco in the early 19th century.
Her daydreams of rocketships and going to the moon and how society wants her to be have always clashed.
Until she speaks to the only other girl in advanced math that believes in her dreams.
Together they try to find their place while trying to find out who they are.
Her daydreams of rocketships and going to the moon and how society wants her to be have always clashed.
Until she speaks to the only other girl in advanced math that believes in her dreams.
Together they try to find their place while trying to find out who they are.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Outing, Alcohol
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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:
No
adventurous
emotional
tense
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
Loved this book. Heartwarming and heartbreaking.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Oh I absolutely adored this! First off props to the audiobook narrator who had some truly fantastic line reads and did an amazing job with the accents and different character voices.
This book managed to capture so many things such as the joy and fear that comes with exploring a new and foreign place like a night club. The way your first queer love feels. The way meeting someone you built up in your mind can be in reality.
And I especially appreciated its approach to racism as not this thing only hyperbolic evil people do but something that be casual and permeate otherwise safe spaces.
Shirley and Lily's friendship and falling out also felt very real and given the weight it deserved.
This book managed to capture so many things such as the joy and fear that comes with exploring a new and foreign place like a night club. The way your first queer love feels. The way meeting someone you built up in your mind can be in reality.
And I especially appreciated its approach to racism as not this thing only hyperbolic evil people do but something that be casual and permeate otherwise safe spaces.
Shirley and Lily's friendship and falling out also felt very real and given the weight it deserved.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Racism