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dsauriol1991's review against another edition
3.5
Very quick easy read definitely meant for a YA audience but I still enjoyed it! Our MC Maggie is a little messy but she makes a lot of growth and in her defense she's only 17. I love the representation not just of multiple queer characters but that they're also
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faerielore's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
epatrickmaddox's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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
3.75
cielbear's review
5.0
An easy read that was super relatable. Feels like something I would've gone through if I knew then what I know now. I teared up at how loving family and friends were toward Maggie. You don't find that often. The book comes with good messages that everyone should learn. It's okay to mess up as long as you work to fix it. Another is that it's okay to not know, you don't have to have everything figured out.
freadomlibrary's review
4.0
Trigger warnings: mentions of parental death
JUST YOUR LOCAL BISEXUAL DISASTER follows Maggie Gonzalez, a bisexual teen from Texas who is trying to help her amazing family with her little sister’s quinceañera while struggling with her feelings about her friends and her future. She can’t decide on who her escort to the party should be so she uses a school assignment and her love for photography to sort out her feelings. It just doesn’t go exactly the way she expects.
I didn’t know what to expect when I first started this book, but I ended up really enjoying it! I loved Maggie’s point of view and her relationship with her family. However, sometimes I felt like Maggie’s emotions were almost too all over the place. I understood why and I also underworld that it was the whole plot, but it felt like whiplash. But I loved the integration of photography and how friendship is explored in this book. It’s messy and disastrous but also real. Definitely recommend!
JUST YOUR LOCAL BISEXUAL DISASTER follows Maggie Gonzalez, a bisexual teen from Texas who is trying to help her amazing family with her little sister’s quinceañera while struggling with her feelings about her friends and her future. She can’t decide on who her escort to the party should be so she uses a school assignment and her love for photography to sort out her feelings. It just doesn’t go exactly the way she expects.
I didn’t know what to expect when I first started this book, but I ended up really enjoying it! I loved Maggie’s point of view and her relationship with her family. However, sometimes I felt like Maggie’s emotions were almost too all over the place. I understood why and I also underworld that it was the whole plot, but it felt like whiplash. But I loved the integration of photography and how friendship is explored in this book. It’s messy and disastrous but also real. Definitely recommend!
rainbowbookworm's review
2.0
Disclaimer: I am 44 years old and not this book's target demographic.
The title tells you what you need to know about Maggie. She is a disaster because she becomes cliché after cliché after cliché. I don't know if making her music obsessed is supposed to make me giver her a pass for her complete and utter ignorance of pop culture tropes; but I do not forgive her. The plot summary warns you of her three love interests, but doesn't tell you all you need to know.
However, Maggie dismissed the relationships and embarks on a photographic journey to determine who she should be with. She does this by creating a Finsta account where she uses different filters to represent each of her love interests and caption each photo with what she is feeling at the time. Two people know about the account: another friend, Jordan, and the art teacher. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the Finsta is Maggie's final project for class.
I was supremely upset that neither of these people told Maggie that this was a bad idea--although to be fair I don't know if the teacher knew who the three love interests were because Maggie only used initials in the captions. However, when the project concludes the teacher tells Maggie the worst piece of advice. I just checked on my digital ARC and it's not there--I ended up borrowing the audiobook from my local library--but it's something along the lines of that it's not possible to love someone the wrong way. What kind of advice is this?!?! What about people who inflict psychological and physical abuse on their so-called loved ones? Nope, that was it for me
The title tells you what you need to know about Maggie. She is a disaster because she becomes cliché after cliché after cliché. I don't know if making her music obsessed is supposed to make me giver her a pass for her complete and utter ignorance of pop culture tropes; but I do not forgive her. The plot summary warns you of her three love interests, but doesn't tell you all you need to know.
Spoiler
Amanda, her best friend and forever crush is in a relationship; as is Matthew, the ex-boyfriend, has a girlfriend. The only viable option (because she is single) is clearly Dani.However, Maggie dismissed the relationships and embarks on a photographic journey to determine who she should be with. She does this by creating a Finsta account where she uses different filters to represent each of her love interests and caption each photo with what she is feeling at the time. Two people know about the account: another friend, Jordan, and the art teacher. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the Finsta is Maggie's final project for class.
I was supremely upset that neither of these people told Maggie that this was a bad idea--although to be fair I don't know if the teacher knew who the three love interests were because Maggie only used initials in the captions. However, when the project concludes the teacher tells Maggie the worst piece of advice. I just checked on my digital ARC and it's not there--I ended up borrowing the audiobook from my local library--but it's something along the lines of that it's not possible to love someone the wrong way. What kind of advice is this?!?! What about people who inflict psychological and physical abuse on their so-called loved ones? Nope, that was it for me
marieintheraw's review
4.0
I think the title of this says it back, sometimes you are a bisexual disaster. This book is unapologetic in knowing that you can personally be messy, but in a way that can cause growth.
I received an ecopy of this book through Netgalley; however, my opinions are my own.
I received an ecopy of this book through Netgalley; however, my opinions are my own.
mesy_mark's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
- 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
3.25
This bisexual disaster, Maggie, needs a date for her sister's coming-of-age party. The trouble is three friends of hers have sparked maybe more feelings in her. First is the ex-boyfriend, the second is the straight friend, and the third is the new girl who came to town, To short out her feelings and satisfy an art project photographer Maggie spends on one time with each capturing photos reflecting on the different feelings sparked through each friend.
This was a cute story. As I listened to this book, I was taken into the mind of our MC trying to get the gist of what friendship feelings versus romantic relationship feelings, I thought the flow of the book was well done as spacing out Maggoe's art project with other events throughout the book making it feel realistic. The cast is diverse coming from racial to sexual orientation.
Overall it is a YA romance where the out of the closet is not the focus instead it is just established and normalized as Maggie is a queer character focused on her relationships from family to love and not a coming out story. questioning if MC is LGBT
This was a cute story. As I listened to this book, I was taken into the mind of our MC trying to get the gist of what friendship feelings versus romantic relationship feelings, I thought the flow of the book was well done as spacing out Maggoe's art project with other events throughout the book making it feel realistic. The cast is diverse coming from racial to sexual orientation.
Overall it is a YA romance where the out of the closet is not the focus instead it is just established and normalized as Maggie is a queer character focused on her relationships from family to love and not a coming out story. questioning if MC is LGBT