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seventhswan's review
- 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? Yes
2.25
I did enjoy the varied cast of characters but I wish we would have got to spend more time with a few of them, rather than a small snapshot of several. So much more could have been done with, for example, Avery
Laskey is a talented writer and I'd give another of her books a go! It's a shame this story didn't work for me.
Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, and Abandonment
Moderate: Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Sexual content
Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Child death, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and Racism
apersonfromflorida's review
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Hate crime
abbie_'s review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Car accident, Hate crime, and Lesbophobia
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia
Moderate: Car accident and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Animal death
stacy_85's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
katiewhocanread's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Death of parent, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Child death
lilymurph's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Transphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Physical abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Animal death, and Suicide attempt
green_girl00's review
- 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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Car accident, and Homophobia
travelseatsreads's review against another edition
4.0
The book is based on a collection of interconnected stories told from a series of points of views of the residents of Big Bur and the members of AAA. As each story unfolds it is clear to see that the AAA have a huge uphill battle on their hands as there is a large amount of deep rooted bigotry in parochial Big Bur. Slowly, one by one we are left into the minds and lives of those who call Big Bur home, both existing and new residents and we begin to see they all have a lot more in common than they would like to think.
I enjoyed the juxtaposition of the staunch Big Bur heads against the free thinking taskforce and found it showed a lot of the harmful stereotypes that exist. The book is full of a multitude of flippant comments such as "too pretty to be lesbians", "at least it's not two men" and "but you look like a nice girl" and I think they're thrown about deliberately to make the reader realise just how easily these type of comments are thrown about in everyday society.
The book isn't without flaws there's one particular chapter which is literally your stereotypical male fantasy of two lesbians detailed which seemed pretty gratuitous.
Books like these I think are a great starting point for conversations and to get different groups of people talking, especially those who are a little bit more reluctant to read books on the topic of the LGBTQ+ community.
I switched between the book and the audiobook and both worked perfectly. The audiobook is absolutely fantastic with a full cast for each of the characters and it really brings the flaws of some of the characters to life.
A really enjoyable look at small town views and how sometimes with work they can be changed for the better.
Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, and Transphobia
Moderate: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, and Grief
emilyeehaw's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
the multiple perspectives, the entire premise of this book….MM! chef’s kiss. i loved getting to read from various people in big burr and how they were impacted by the lgbt taskforce coming to town. i loved how the stories were interwoven together and how characters would make appearances in others’ perspectives.
i would have loved to have gotten updates on all the people whose perspectives we read from, but i was content with ending the book with gabe’s pov. i think it did a nice job of showing how the taskforce was able to make changes on individual levels, which is just as important and necessary as the wide-spread changes that are so often focused on as being the most pressing issues. having more updates on the various perspectives would have given me more of a sense of closure but still..
good stuff!!
Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia