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High School by Tegan Quin, Sara Quin

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finesilkflower's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

Tegan and Sara Quin both have a similar prose style that is at times flowery but emotionally honest, and effective at evoking of the highs and lows teenagerhood: the joy of creation and of falling in love; the fraught relationship between sisters; the heartache of breakups; the excitement of exploring music, drugs, and sex; the stuck suburban longing for something more. This book does not paint this time period in a rosy way - the Quins have not forgotten the turmoil and confusion of leaving the nest and not knowing how things will turn out - but other former teen 1990s alternative lesbians will find recognition in the music references and perfectly remembered moments of queer becoming. I think at times that the authors are a little too allergic to nostalgia, tempering all their past moments of triumph and joy with present-day weary warnings about how it won't last and how their past selves don't know how much difficulty they have ahead of them, and a little more leaning into the positive might have made the book feel more balanced and less dreary.

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mert64's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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raysh3ll's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I "read" as an audiobook. 100% reccomend consuming it in that format- lots of audio clips of them performing while in high school, singing lyrics while reading them. I don't think this book would be very interesting if you weren't a fan of there music or weren't intetested in stories discussing sexuality, growing up etc.

I found it fairly easy to listen to, but it probabably wouldn't be for everyone. Lots of talk about love interests, teenage sexuality and drug use.

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