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Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

56 reviews

awesome_archaeology's review

4.0

emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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The story moved a bit slow in the beginning but it reaches its end with a grippingly emotional conclusion.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, War

Minor: Bullying, Forced institutionalization

ottercorg's review

4.5

emotional funny hopeful 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: Complicated

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It always feels strange for me to call a book that wrenches my heart "a delight" but that's what this was. From beginning to end, I delighted in getting to know Lily through the pages and see her grow into herself, no matter the cost. Young love, finding one's identity, taking risks, figuring out who your friends are - it's something we all have to go through, but the circumstances make it all the more difficult for our main character.

I truly love Lo's writing style, especially the callbacks to earlier moments via parentheses between text. It's a simple detail that I just ate up. I admire Lo for her commitment to research in writing this book, and then for sharing her findings after her story ended. I think I'll definitely find myself reading more of her books in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Deportation

dev921's review

5.0

emotional informative 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, War, Classism, Deportation

tey_lynn's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexism, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Miscarriage, Deportation

sierraclimbs's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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: No

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A really important story about the Asian American queer experience in the 1950s.  

Despite this story covering some challenging topics, I found it very easily digestible & engaging. I believe it is important to remember that, as different as it seems to our modern day reality, the 1950s wasn’t that long ago & the long standing racism & bigotry persists even in small ways today. 

The story is very relatable while maintaining a historical accuracy that is clearly well researched & written with passion for telling untold stories of the time. 

I think this book should be put on required reading lists for high schoolers everywhere. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Outing, War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Deportation

This is a historical fiction, all words & terms used are due to trying to stay faithful to the time period it takes place in. Nothing felt egregious or unnecessary.

ajay913's review

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, War

kaylokay_'s review

4.5

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, Deportation

Moderate: Bullying, Infertility, War

skye_era_books's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring 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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This is one of the best books I’ve ever read. I learned a lot about Chinese-American culture (specifically in the 1940s and 50s). I also learned a lot about lesbians and the queer community during that time. I love that

Lily and Kath end up back together after being separated for a year.

Please read the author’s note at the end of the book, as it helps explain the author’s research for this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol

gilnean's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation

Moderate: Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, War, Classism

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation