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Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

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emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-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: Complicated

got fun around the 70% mark. lily shouldve snitched on shirley, shes such a cunt. 

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sleepydruid's review

5.0
emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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: No

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adventurous emotional tense 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: Complicated

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shiradfrankel's review

4.0
adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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

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Wow. This book touched on so many different topics (the Red Scare, homophobia, racism etc) in such a beautiful way. 

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

A must read for anyone part of the LGBTQIA+ community, anyone who may be questioning their sexuality, would like another perspective of Asian American people in the 1950's, and a great read for everyone to gain more knowledge, a new perspective, and empathy. 
Malinda Lo depicted Lily's journey in a coming of age tale of an Asian American women in the 1950's in San Francisco Chinatown, and exploring her sexuality in such an amazing and emotional way. Many of Lily's thoughts while trying to break down what's right and wrong, resonated so deeply with me and flashed me back to a younger version of myself. 
Lily and Kath's relationship was a beautiful slow burn of longing looks, and self realization. Their careful analysis of each other, and their home environments was so painful in the most beautiful way. You couldn't help but feel your heart tear for them as even the softest brush of hands was something so taboo and so powerful for them.
I will hold this book close to my heart and remember it always. I had listened to the audio book, and Emily Woo Zeller did an amazing job of brining each character to life, not just by giving them different voices, but by assigning them each personality. 

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lelareads's review

5.0
challenging emotional inspiring 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: No

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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: Yes

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heyitslink's review

4.5
hopeful inspiring sad 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: No

A very real history told type of book. Obviously recommended for LGBT+ readers. Allies could of course read it but it really brings you into the persecution of LGBT+ and Chinese Americans. There is not anything necessarily wrong with the book itself for it to deserve a 4.5 but there is
a explicit scene and the characters are still in high school.
I personally just don't like it when they are
underage.

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demeryg's review

4.5
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-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: Complicated

 picked up this novel because I’m joining a book club at @bookcellarchicago and this was their read of the month! 
That said, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. This is the kind of historical fiction I can get behind, San Francisco in the 50s + 60’s with a focus on the political turmoil of the red scare and the unrest with gay persecution as well.
The main character is a young gay, with little understanding of what’s happening around her- as an adult reading this book I found it interesting the ways in which the world was explained to her, from her friends and family. 
I will absolutely be reading more from this author!! 

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