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utopiastateofmind's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
Where Dugan's Some Girls Do shines are the characters. I immediately wanted to protect Ruby with my soul. The ways she struggles to bring her mother's dreams to light, to pay the electricity bills, and the ways she keeps her guard up all the time. She instantly had a place in my heart. I felt the ways she struggles to say no to her mother, how she hasn't even thought of a place for herself. At the same time, I instantly saw myself in Morgan. How she wants to change the world so badly, for what happened to her to make a difference.
Some Girls Do discuses when dreams aren't our own. When the world of money, corruption, homophobia is up against us. How when we don't know of any other possibilities - that our lives could be different - that we never dream. Ruby and Morgan, the cynic and the dreamer, seem at polar opposites of the spectrum. But what they have in common is a kindness, a compassion, an ability to see within each other. To realize that sticking under the radar, not ruffling feathers, isn't the way to live, just to exist.
Where Dugan's Some Girls Do shines are the characters. I immediately wanted to protect Ruby with my soul. The ways she struggles to bring her mother's dreams to light, to pay the electricity bills, and the ways she keeps her guard up all the time. She instantly had a place in my heart. I felt the ways she struggles to say no to her mother, how she hasn't even thought of a place for herself. At the same time, I instantly saw myself in Morgan. How she wants to change the world so badly, for what happened to her to make a difference.
Some Girls Do discuses when dreams aren't our own. When the world of money, corruption, homophobia is up against us. How when we don't know of any other possibilities - that our lives could be different - that we never dream. Ruby and Morgan, the cynic and the dreamer, seem at polar opposites of the spectrum. But what they have in common is a kindness, a compassion, an ability to see within each other. To realize that sticking under the radar, not ruffling feathers, isn't the way to live, just to exist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Biphobia
Moderate: Child abuse
decklededgess's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-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
trigger warnings: emotionally abusive parents, alcoholism, divorce mention, teenage pregnancy mention, sexual harassment from a “family” member, homelessness, homophobia, homophobic microaggressions, religious trauma, transphobia mention, slut shaming
Gosh i loved this book
Gosh i loved this book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Car accident
Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Bullying, and Body shaming
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