Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus

4.32 AVERAGE

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dezzy's review against another edition

3.25
challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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
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crystalequeer's review against another edition

4.0
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

amyivory's review against another edition

3.75
challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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aubtobobtolob's review against another edition

4.0
emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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: Complicated

hyena's review against another edition

4.0
dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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nikkitynack's review

DID NOT FINISH: 53%
I found it totally unrealistic that Val would go from
learning what the letters in LGBTQIA+ mean and learning about the concept of bisexuality
, to
reading about critical race theory
in like a week? And then after a lifetime of expectation that
her first kiss be on her wedding day
, she goes from
first kiss
to
suggesting that she and Riley shower together
on the same day? I couldn't get past it. So that part being not super feasible, plus the frequent paddling of Ezekiel being so upsetting, made me want to put the book down. So I did! 

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maire's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful 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: Yes

darcialanah's review

4.0
emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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: No
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meriam_bailey's review against another edition

5.0
emotional 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: Yes
Much like I Kissed Shara Wheeler, this is a book I wish I would've had growing up in an evangelical house(not fundie thank god). The religious deconstruction and coming to terms with your sexuality not being a sin is definitely something I recognized from my own teens and 20s. 

arnoldad1's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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: No