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Dykette: A Novel

Jenny Fran Davis

2.97 AVERAGE


L word meets sex and the city but worse. It slayed!
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addy_starfish_berkeley's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

The main character is an insufferable neurotic hipster millennial from Brooklyn. No thanks. 
emotional lighthearted tense
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous emotional funny reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional tense fast-paced

lesbianbarista's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

unbearable fucking book

this will be a book you either love or hate. and me? I LOVED it. this is my junk food. it’s quite literally, the perfect type of book i want from contemporary lesbian stories (maybe with a black lead instead but yknow, baby steps ig).

similar to many hetero books, dykette is a story about what white people get up to when the mundanity of life is just too much to bare, except it’s so much better because we have hot butches, one sided dyke beef and a femme that is a chronic attention seeker, over-thinker and desperate to tell you all about how much she wants to fuck and take care of butches. (basically, she’s so me!). it’s written in this fun and very…’modern’ way by someone that actually knows what internet dykes and other queers are up to and not just in a ā€œhello fellow internet crew!ā€ way. it’s very in your face and the audiobook is so fun. even though i’m very much going to get a physical copy, i highly suggest you consume the book via audiobook!

i think one of the reasons i like this book so much is because it feels specifically tailored to me. not straight people, honestly, not even general queer people, and even more honestly, probably not even general lesbians. this book feels very much for butches and femmes. i really hope we get to see more lesbian lit that openly embraces butch femme culture, not in just historical fiction where there’s the whole ā€œoh forbidden!ā€ aspect but just in general fun novels like this. where we get to see bitchiness, overdramatic behaviours and well ā€œhigh femme camp anticsā€.

a dnf if i’ve ever read one. if this book has no haters i am dead