Reviews with content warning for Homophobia - Some Girls Do

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Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan

116 reviews

bumblemee's review

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Liked the characters and the themes it dealt with a lot; like being queer and an athlete, how to find a way to help the community you are a part of and feel a great wish to be helpful for in a productive way etc. It did not connect with me on a deeper level for some reason, but I think I would've loved it if I read it as a teenager.

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drtx_bwt's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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avery_hutchinson's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

Adorable, and wonderful queer representation

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kaylasmilyface's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

4.75

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fanhhb's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted reflective fast-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

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deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

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5.0

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sapphic_moon's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted 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

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piastri's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

“I take a deep breath and cut open that little box of feelings inside me. If she needs me to bleed for her, I’ll bleed”

I really can't get enough of the stories between a girl who's out and a girl who isn't, and this one is just beautiful. It's great to see it dealing with the complicated situations around coming and how that can affect others — like having to compromise your own truth for someone you love's reality. But yeah, if you don't want another book that centres on the queer-coming-out-experience, then this probably isn't for you. However, I eat this shit up.
(the classic pretty girl also being the car girl is probably one of my favourite things ever as well)

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grace_alice's review

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emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

2.0

Personally, I did not like this book and it was incredibly disappointing. This was my first time reading a WLW book and I was excited to find it at my bookstore as I struggle to find LGBTQIA+ books that aren’t MLM. Unfortunately, it reads like a Wattpad fanfiction and one of the characters, Morgan, was completely irritating throughout the book. She was completely self-entitled and arrogant but this all gets brushed over because she does things to better the LGBTQIA+ community. Just because you help a community doesn’t mean you have the right to try and dictate how much people express themselves.

These flaws are “resolved” at the end of the book, but the way she outted Ruby and had the audacity to say she didn’t was the last straw. Also, the fact that this was just brushed over, is inappropriate especially for a young adult book. Teens shouldn’t read this and think it is okay. It can be extremely dangerous and harmful to the person being outted and should be taken seriously.

Ruby I felt was a much better character and by the end of the book I was just waiting for her chapters to I could hear someone else’s thoughts other than Morgan’s.

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marleywrites's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

I love Ruby and Morgan. Their dynamic is great and I loved diving into Ruby’s character a lot. I related to her in so many ways and it was refreshing to see. This book was super cute but also tackled some hard issues like homophobia. This would have been a great read for me when I was in high school.

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