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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
lovely! i was getting a heaviness in my chest during the last fourth of the book - i knew the raid of the club was coming and that one of them was going to get taken by the cops but god did it still hurt to read. now time to write my essay on why this book should not be banned in schools 🤪
(book 7 of 9 for YA Materials class)
(book 7 of 9 for YA Materials class)
5
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING we love a romance where the background actually holds together
and all the historical sources at the end?? amazing, insane
i loved it man what can i say, i stan lily and kath until the day i die
AND THE SLOWBURN it seems realistic and yes for the millionth time i loved it, READ THIS BOOK (even if you’re not lgbt+, cause u will learn a lot from how queer people were treated in the 1950’s and it is so interesting)
very grateful to be able to say i am queer today without being scared of backlash
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING we love a romance where the background actually holds together
and all the historical sources at the end?? amazing, insane
i loved it man what can i say, i stan lily and kath until the day i die
AND THE SLOWBURN it seems realistic and yes for the millionth time i loved it, READ THIS BOOK (even if you’re not lgbt+, cause u will learn a lot from how queer people were treated in the 1950’s and it is so interesting)
very grateful to be able to say i am queer today without being scared of backlash
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism
3.5 stars. this was a super smooth read, but it just fell flat for me in a lot of ways. the ending in particular felt super rushed and off—i needed more resolution between lily and pretty much everyone involved in her story, and yet we get no elaboration on anybody outside of kath. with that being said, Lo’s style of writing did make this book fly by and there was a lot i did enjoy, such as the scenes taking place in the telegraph club!
I picked this book out in a bookstore based on the cover alone, nearly two years before reading it. I'm glad I waited, because in the span of two years, I've labelled myself several different ways and settled on lesbian.
Good lesbian fiction is SO HARD to find that sometimes I tend to give up and just read general queer fiction. This book is one of the first I've read that I not only related to, but also thoroughly enjoyed.
I'm long past the point of relating to teen fiction, these days trying to find the in between and nebulous "new adult" fiction. But as someone who came into their queer identity quite late in life, I found myself relating to the experience of self-discovery that I normally find a bit trite in YA novels (which is fair!! I'm not meant to relate to them! They aren't for me anymore!)
All this to say that I loved this story, as a glimpse into what life might have been like for queer (minority) girls in the 1950s, simultaneously highlighting the differences and similarities to the issues queer people face today.
If you're a young questioning queer person or late to bloom lesbian, this book may be for you ❤️
Also, happy pride month ❤️
Good lesbian fiction is SO HARD to find that sometimes I tend to give up and just read general queer fiction. This book is one of the first I've read that I not only related to, but also thoroughly enjoyed.
I'm long past the point of relating to teen fiction, these days trying to find the in between and nebulous "new adult" fiction. But as someone who came into their queer identity quite late in life, I found myself relating to the experience of self-discovery that I normally find a bit trite in YA novels (which is fair!! I'm not meant to relate to them! They aren't for me anymore!)
All this to say that I loved this story, as a glimpse into what life might have been like for queer (minority) girls in the 1950s, simultaneously highlighting the differences and similarities to the issues queer people face today.
If you're a young questioning queer person or late to bloom lesbian, this book may be for you ❤️
Also, happy pride month ❤️
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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:
Yes
emotional
informative
inspiring
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:
Complicated
I think I might read the sequel to this because I enjoyed this book a lot. I would recommend this book to others if you want a ya wlw.
We follow Lily, a young girl in 1950´s San Fransisco and the asian culture back then. We see Lily finding herself and dealing with the discrimination with being gay and Chinese, she has to balance being ”a good Chinese girl” and being herself. She finds comfort in the telegraph club, a queer club that her friend brings her too
I really liked lily as a character and reading through her pov, I felt like she was easy to empathize with and understand. It was really fun to see her journey with discovering herself and finding this new part of her identity and what that meant for her! Also their relationship together was just so cute and the whole environment at the telegraph club was so fun
I also really liked the authors writing style, it really worked for me. I didn’t get emotionally attached enough for this to be a 5 star read but I did really like a lot
This is one of those books that really makes you think about life and society everything we as humans have gone through to get to where we are. It really made me appreciate how far we have come as a society and how much better life can be nowadays compared to back then for lgbtq+ people. Of course there’s still a long way to go and a lot of shit still happens but its improvement<3
I really liked lily as a character and reading through her pov, I felt like she was easy to empathize with and understand. It was really fun to see her journey with discovering herself and finding this new part of her identity and what that meant for her! Also their relationship together was just so cute and the whole environment at the telegraph club was so fun
I also really liked the authors writing style, it really worked for me. I didn’t get emotionally attached enough for this to be a 5 star read but I did really like a lot
This is one of those books that really makes you think about life and society everything we as humans have gone through to get to where we are. It really made me appreciate how far we have come as a society and how much better life can be nowadays compared to back then for lgbtq+ people. Of course there’s still a long way to go and a lot of shit still happens but its improvement<3