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The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

42 reviews

queerloras's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Deportation, Homophobia, Biphobia, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Self harm, Colonisation, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Outing, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

ka_schulze's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Stalking, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Violence, and Religious bigotry

alex1's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Biphobia, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

jesikasbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Pay attention to the trigger warnings on this one, the content for them isn't light.

I struggled with this one because of them but also, this felt clunky and messy to me. (

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Violence, Biphobia, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Outing, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

indydc's review against another edition

hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Racism, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, and Cultural appropriation

bisexualwentworth's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

THIS BOOK!!!

If you've ever been a closeted teen, if you grew up in a religious family or an immigrant family, if you've ever been worried about your financial situation to the point of that anxiety starting to run your life, if you went to private school and have complicated feelings about that, if you have really conflicted feelings about certain family members, or if you just want a really adorable yet heartfelt queer coming-of-age story, this novel is for you.

Yamilet is such a hilarious and relatable and heartbreaking protagonist and narrator. I loved her relationship with her brother and how important that relationship was to the plot. I loved Bo as a love interest and how Yami and Bo found similarities and differences in their experiences as two of the only queer people of color at their Catholic high school. 

Honestly one of the most accurate representations of being a queer teenager that I've ever read.

It's hard to describe how lovely this book is. Just read it if you think it sounds interesting. 

Please check the content warnings, as this book handles a lot of heavy topics, but it handles them all sensitively and delicately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Outing, Racism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Classism, Biphobia, Bullying, Deportation, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Racial slurs

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

I wish there had been more books like this one when I was at school. I have outgrown the target group but I would recommend it to teens or to anyone who wants a fluffy story that doesn't leave its more serious themes unexplored. 

For readers who enjoy stories about siblings, this is a really good one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Deportation, Bullying, Classism, Racism, Self harm, Biphobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality

ashcats's review

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Loved this. Was cute for the most part. Found the end really rushed though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deportation, Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, and Bullying

toffishay's review

emotional funny 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? No

3.5

This was a really emotional read! I felt very connected to Yamilet as I think many young women of color who went to a predominantly white institution will. Her struggles against racism (institutional and interpersonal), homophobia, sexism and unfair/unequal familial expectations, and her strong desire to be able to just live as herself, made this a very compelling and relatable read. I also like the way that her family life is fleshed out and many of the other characters in her school and her home life are able to grow and have some additional dimension. I think that the book dragged a little at the end. We were approaching wrap up and then another piece of plot happened that felt a little too tacked on and Hallmark-y. But it is a YA story and I think it would be something that a teenager would enjoy being incorporated. A really nice read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Racism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Physical abuse, Outing, Alcohol, Sexism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Violence, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, Classism, Hate crime, Deportation, and Blood

236girls's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

THISSSSS IS WHAT YA IS ALL ABOUT!!!!! teen drama about crushes, promposals, feeling uncomfortable in your own skin, monologues on how your parents make you uncomfortable and how you love them anyway, BEING A MINORITY, PUNCHING PEOPLE!!! it's contemporary ya excellence: every issue was handled realistically and honestly, depression, the lesbian and bi issues, shouldering too many responsibilities for your age, the fighting the system!!! this was soooo heartwarming and so FUNNY to read. will be looking forward to what sonora reyes comes up with next ^^

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Police brutality

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Deportation