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nelsvy's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
abookishwasp's review against another edition
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia
dudawtty's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Racism
nosmallthing's review
informative
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Lesbophobia and Homophobia
Moderate: Racism
jessaboohoo's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia
taelights's review
DNF. The 4 storylines (not dual narrative like implied in the summery but 4 narratives) in this book are frankly too many storylines especially when only Janet's semi-interests me. But even then it's not enough to hold my interest in this book. I wish the author just picked one story to focus on rather than making this book unnecessarly long.
Also a white author using racial slurs in her writing is very uncomfortable and kind of sus to me especially seeing as I did a bit of research and this isn't even the first time she's done this in books. (And reading up about the other book she's written slurs in... yikes. I won't be supporting this author.)
Also a white author using racial slurs in her writing is very uncomfortable and kind of sus to me especially seeing as I did a bit of research and this isn't even the first time she's done this in books. (And reading up about the other book she's written slurs in... yikes. I won't be supporting this author.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Homophobia
keleri's review
emotional
hopeful
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? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Racism
Minor: Forced institutionalization
eternalparadox's review
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual content
valereads's review
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book follows two different perspectives, that of Janet Jones a teenage girl in the 1950s and that of Abbey Zimet a teenage girl in 2019. It follows these two girls as they discover lesbian pulp fiction and each try to write a lesbian pulp novel. The two characters voices and worldviews were distinct and both were enjoyable, unfortunately the historical story was much more interesting for me than the contemporary one where little seemed to happen.
I was also very disappointed in the ending.
I gave this book 4 stars when I first read it because of how it affected me emotionally however overall this book was disappointing and I'm not sure I'm going to keep it on my shelves.
Content Warnings: homophobia, racism, divorce, outing
I was also very disappointed in the ending.
I gave this book 4 stars when I first read it because of how it affected me emotionally however overall this book was disappointing and I'm not sure I'm going to keep it on my shelves.
Content Warnings: homophobia, racism, divorce, outing
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism
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