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this was a truly excellent memoir and one of the coolest audiobook experiences—aside from the fact that the authors narrate (and I learned how to tell their voices apart pretty accurately), it includes demos of their early songs! would highly rec the audio for anyone interested in reading. the book itself had a clear and compelling narrative thrust, and lots of introspection and reflection from the authors. parts of it made me cringe or laugh out loud because there are some things about being in high school that are almost universally relatable. really really loved this one!!!

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.75

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5.0

feeling……like I wish I went to this gay ass canadian high school

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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3.0

i really wanted to love this, but it was just fine. i was a tegan & sara fan growing up, and their music serves a certain type of nostalgia for me that feels like being 13 and knowing you won't acknowledge your sexuality fully for at least another 5 years, getting made fun of for listening to 'gay music', and feeling so seen through song but not yet understanding why. because of my connection to them, and the several back-cover endorsements from julien baker and elliot page, i gave this memoir a shot. i somehow ended up bored even as they describe drug-fueled raves and sexually-charged female friendships. both tegan & sara's voices feel as if they were still in high school when they wrote this, and any knowledgeable perspective one might normally use in a memoir to indicate growth and maturing since the described events, just wasn't there. unfortunately, my main takeaway is that being capable of writing great songs does not render you capable of writing a great book.

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