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Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

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gabyngaway's review

4.0
emotional hopeful 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

This book was a delight. The writing put me right into the scenery, and I really felt like I was with the characters. I loved Lily and her growth and her coming to accept herself. 

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eurydice_books_09's review

4.0
challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this was a good book! personally I thought it was gonna be like super good cause of all the amazing reviews I read but it didn’t fully live up to that. It’s still really good though! Tbh lily bugged me at times and idk why, my fav character was probably kath or lana honestly. this book made me cry at the end though :((

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ciaracullen's review

4.5
emotional hopeful 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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challenging emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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uss_mary_shelley's review

5.0
emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

I'm in love, i kept wanting to come back to this book while at work, it was constantly on my mind. The perfect balance of queer love and historical understanding. It felt rooted in its time but told the story of centuries. 

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emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

incredible 

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kmturpie1025's review

3.75
adventurous emotional hopeful informative 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: Complicated

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sarah984's review

4.0
emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is a coming-of-age novel about a young Chinese American lesbian in 1950s San Francisco. There is a romance, but the book is much more focused on themes of belonging, self-discovery and community. The main character is at a sort of crossroads where it is dangerous to be herself: her family sees it as a risk to be a lesbian not just because of 1950s homophobia but because homosexuality is associated with communism and as Chinese Americans they are already automatically tarred with that brush; when she's in gay spaces she tends to be the only Asian and is treated like a sideshow attraction even by people who are kind to her. 

The ways that Lily discovered that there were people like her who could lead full lives really rang true to me (Lily realizing women could kiss each other from reading pulps at the drug store is also an interesting tie in to Malinda Lo’s own work considering that she was writing mainstream LGBT YA in the pretty sparse early 2000s market) and despite the traumatic things that happen overall the book has an optimistic tone that I liked.

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ajslouderthanbombs's review

4.5
emotional funny hopeful informative reflective relaxing 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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emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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: Complicated

This book was a really good read. It was beautiful written I just really liked how feelings and situations were portrayed. In general this book has a really nice structure. It was really interesting seeing another perspective in this time and it was also really informative. I often forgot the time while reading this book. Because of that and many other aspects I recommend this book to everyone. Thank you :)

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