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The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

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sweetsanchia's review

5.0
emotional funny reflective 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: Complicated

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense 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

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challenging emotional medium-paced

Sonora is a wizard with words. I love widening my world view, and as a white person that did not necessarily grow up religious, this taught me a lot. Such a beautiful story!

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colorfulorb's review

5.0
dark emotional funny lighthearted 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: Yes

Absolutely loved this book!! Will note, though, that it felt a bit slow in the beginning and I felt like there was so much build up and then the pace was medium-fast once Yami accepted her queerness.

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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

Rating: 5/5 Stars

Why am I not surprised that I sobbed over another Sonora Reyes masterpiece? Listening to the audiobook was so the right choice as well, the narrator did a phenomenal job voicing Yamilet and bringing Yami to life. This book is so moving and important to read. There are a lot of serious topics that I do recommend reading the trigger warnings for, but if you believe you are in the right mindset to read/listen, it's going to be so worth it. I could relate so much to Yami's nerves over her coming out process, and about the pressure to be the "perfect sibling/child." Reyes also brings up important talks around immigration and the likelihood of police brutality happening in more predominantly BIPOC neighborhoods/to BIPOC people. Racism and homophobia are very important topics in this book, and Reyes is real with showing that not all people in life are supportive of differences. But what Reyes also shows is the found family and camaraderie that also happen when you find other people who are open-minded and not bigoted assholes. Religious bigotry is real, especially within Christianity/Catholicism, and Reyes shows this while also showing you can believe in God without believing in the church. This book was so well written, and had me laughing, crying, and screaming in ways I didn't realize I could scream. I highly recommend this book to everyone and anyone.

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emotional funny reflective 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: Complicated

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Strong character development: Yes
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emotional funny hopeful 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: Yes

made me cry. i love all of these characters so much and the journeys they went through
i have a single complaint and it’s that all these teenagers text like 40 year olds LMAOOO other than that it’s so silly and lovely

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