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4.5
Autoboyography nos cuenta la historia de Tanner, un adolescente bisexual atrapado en un pueblo mormón conservador, quien luego de haberse mudado allí con su familia, se ve forzado a volver al closet. Hay tres personas que vuelven soportable sostener la farsa: sus padres, y su mejor amiga Autum, quien lleva años esperando para inscribirse en un seminario de escritura, y cuando el momento llega, lo arrastra con ella. Ahí Tanner conocerá a Sebastian Brother, uno de los mentores del seminario, quien rápidamente se irá haciendo un lugar en su corazón.
A simple vista, este libro parece otra historia romántica más, pero definitivamente no lo es. Ya los personajes vuelven a esta novela muy especial; las familias de ambos protagonistas tienen mucha importancia en la trama y la de Tanner es super adorable. Ellos dos también están muy bien construidos, especialmente Sebastian. Es un personaje con muchísimas capas y que trasmite un montón; todo el tiempo sentía el deseo de abrazarlo y decirle que todo iba a estar bien. El único problema que encontré fue la necesidad de las autoras de añadir personajes-o no caracterizarlos- que no aportaban nada a la historia, como Eric, cuando podría haber ocupado esas líneas en otros más relevantes. -ejem, Autum-
Como segundo punto a mencionar, la representación de los problemas que enfrentamos los miembros de la comunidad lgbt me pareció muy bien lograda. Hacía tiempo que no leía un libro que ilustrara el proceso de aceptación personal, y he de decir que se nota que las autoras investigaron bastante, o saben de lo que están escribiendo. El conflicto moral con el "¿Debería ser practicante de una religión que no me acepta tal cual soy?" me pareció fenomenal, es algo de lo que no se habla mucho pero está super presente en el día a día de muchas personas gays y religiosas. No puedo hablar específicamente de la iglesia mormona, ya que lo poco que conozco de ella lo aprendí en este libro.
Acerca de la relación amorosa, soy consciente de que el instalove está muy marcado, pero no me molestó realmente. Hubo dos escenas en particular a lo largo de la novela que me dejaron pensando y no estoy segura de que correspondan a una relación sana, creo que habría que analizarlas. Sin embargo, no creo que haya toxicidad-no al menos intencional-, sino que es la representación de dos personas tratando de lidiar con todo lo que pasa alrededor de ellos de la manera más sana de la que son capaces. A veces, cuando el entorno en el que estamos nos consume tanto, es imposible no tomar algo de él.
En general, la pareja me pareció muy tierna y tengo fe en ellos.
Para concluir, Autoboyography es un libro muy necesario y que visibiliza las problemáticas de la comunidad lgbt de una manera excelente, además de ser un contemporáneo muy disfrutable. Recomiendo esta obra a cualquiera que esté interesado en uno o ambos temas.
Autoboyography nos cuenta la historia de Tanner, un adolescente bisexual atrapado en un pueblo mormón conservador, quien luego de haberse mudado allí con su familia, se ve forzado a volver al closet. Hay tres personas que vuelven soportable sostener la farsa: sus padres, y su mejor amiga Autum, quien lleva años esperando para inscribirse en un seminario de escritura, y cuando el momento llega, lo arrastra con ella. Ahí Tanner conocerá a Sebastian Brother, uno de los mentores del seminario, quien rápidamente se irá haciendo un lugar en su corazón.
A simple vista, este libro parece otra historia romántica más, pero definitivamente no lo es. Ya los personajes vuelven a esta novela muy especial; las familias de ambos protagonistas tienen mucha importancia en la trama y la de Tanner es super adorable. Ellos dos también están muy bien construidos, especialmente Sebastian. Es un personaje con muchísimas capas y que trasmite un montón; todo el tiempo sentía el deseo de abrazarlo y decirle que todo iba a estar bien. El único problema que encontré fue la necesidad de las autoras de añadir personajes-o no caracterizarlos- que no aportaban nada a la historia, como Eric, cuando podría haber ocupado esas líneas en otros más relevantes. -ejem, Autum-
Como segundo punto a mencionar, la representación de los problemas que enfrentamos los miembros de la comunidad lgbt me pareció muy bien lograda. Hacía tiempo que no leía un libro que ilustrara el proceso de aceptación personal, y he de decir que se nota que las autoras investigaron bastante, o saben de lo que están escribiendo. El conflicto moral con el "¿Debería ser practicante de una religión que no me acepta tal cual soy?" me pareció fenomenal, es algo de lo que no se habla mucho pero está super presente en el día a día de muchas personas gays y religiosas. No puedo hablar específicamente de la iglesia mormona, ya que lo poco que conozco de ella lo aprendí en este libro.
Acerca de la relación amorosa, soy consciente de que el instalove está muy marcado, pero no me molestó realmente. Hubo dos escenas en particular a lo largo de la novela que me dejaron pensando y no estoy segura de que correspondan a una relación sana, creo que habría que analizarlas. Sin embargo, no creo que haya toxicidad-no al menos intencional-, sino que es la representación de dos personas tratando de lidiar con todo lo que pasa alrededor de ellos de la manera más sana de la que son capaces. A veces, cuando el entorno en el que estamos nos consume tanto, es imposible no tomar algo de él.
En general, la pareja me pareció muy tierna y tengo fe en ellos.
Para concluir, Autoboyography es un libro muy necesario y que visibiliza las problemáticas de la comunidad lgbt de una manera excelente, además de ser un contemporáneo muy disfrutable. Recomiendo esta obra a cualquiera que esté interesado en uno o ambos temas.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Es la tercera que vez que lo leo y solo confirmo lo mucho que me gusta la historia. Definitivamente el mundo necesita más libros como este.
I am embarrassed to say it took me six weeks to read this book. I wasn't expecting YA from CL even though I did read the summary. My own fault. It was slow and clearly couldn't keep me hooked. I say I'll swear off CL yet I have 2 more waiting for me. I'll plan to leave CL behind in 2023.
I honestly didn't expect to like this as much as I did, because I was kind of wary of how the whole mormon thing would turn out. It was great!! From my perspective, though.
I really liked the characters (Tanner you are a dingus I love you, Sebastian you are precious I love you) and their relationship, even if it was some INTENSE instalove and my aroace self was like "wait a minute what is happening in your pea brains". Once I got over this, it was fine. Honestly, I think I'm sometimes more okay with instalove than allo readers because I have accepted long ago that I didn't get how allosexuality/alloromanticism worked and therefore all allos are weird, some just more than others (I still love all of you, but you know).
It was great to have a really supportive family in there because the other family was... not, to say the least. Generally, I liked the characters a whole lot, even Autumn, who I could see being disliked by a lot of people.
I also, to my surprise, really liked the whole religious aspect of it. My experience with religion isn't as bad as many, but I do have homophobic Christian grandmas who said they'd pray for me when I dated a girl (sorry grannies I'm only getting queerer and queerer) and other little things like this.
This was nice. I was quite afraid that it would end up being super judgy about religious people but I felt like it was compassionate enough, and even when Tanner got hurt or annoyed at things Sebastian did (or didn't do) because of his religion, it never quite felt judgemental and more like his own boundaries or feelings being hurt. I don't know if that makes sense but it did to me.
I obviously couldn't say anything about how accurate the mormon community was in this, but it didn't feel cliché, if anything it might have felt softer than expected haha. But I can't really say either.
At some point I was genuinely afraid that I had been baited into something that ended badly but thank God or whoever, it was a genuine romance with a happy ending, don't be afraid romance folks.
It was just great. The main relationship felt open and honest and compassionate and I liked it a lot. I'd like to say there's kind of a cheating situation, even though they're technically not together at the time, I know a lot of readers don't want to read about that, but it didn't really upset me (once again, allos are weird, I accepted that).
One thing is I feel the book would have been stronger (though maybe heavier too) if we had had more of Sebastian's point of view throughout the book, and it's one of my main regrets.
Also I read this in French (my native language) and there wasn't any sex scenes (good, thanks!!!) but some makeout scenes and I was cringing my way through (not as much as I'd thought I would though) because I still cannot read anything remotely sexy in my native language without slightly wanting to throw the book away. It was somehow an important part of that reading experience so here you go it's in this review which has turned into more of a ramble than a review, but that's okay.
I really liked the characters (Tanner you are a dingus I love you, Sebastian you are precious I love you) and their relationship, even if it was some INTENSE instalove and my aroace self was like "wait a minute what is happening in your pea brains". Once I got over this, it was fine. Honestly, I think I'm sometimes more okay with instalove than allo readers because I have accepted long ago that I didn't get how allosexuality/alloromanticism worked and therefore all allos are weird, some just more than others (I still love all of you, but you know).
It was great to have a really supportive family in there because the other family was... not, to say the least. Generally, I liked the characters a whole lot, even Autumn, who I could see being disliked by a lot of people.
I also, to my surprise, really liked the whole religious aspect of it. My experience with religion isn't as bad as many, but I do have homophobic Christian grandmas who said they'd pray for me when I dated a girl (sorry grannies I'm only getting queerer and queerer) and other little things like this.
This was nice. I was quite afraid that it would end up being super judgy about religious people but I felt like it was compassionate enough, and even when Tanner got hurt or annoyed at things Sebastian did (or didn't do) because of his religion, it never quite felt judgemental and more like his own boundaries or feelings being hurt. I don't know if that makes sense but it did to me.
I obviously couldn't say anything about how accurate the mormon community was in this, but it didn't feel cliché, if anything it might have felt softer than expected haha. But I can't really say either.
At some point I was genuinely afraid that I had been baited into something that ended badly but thank God or whoever, it was a genuine romance with a happy ending, don't be afraid romance folks.
It was just great. The main relationship felt open and honest and compassionate and I liked it a lot. I'd like to say there's kind of a cheating situation, even though they're technically not together at the time, I know a lot of readers don't want to read about that, but it didn't really upset me (once again, allos are weird, I accepted that).
One thing is I feel the book would have been stronger (though maybe heavier too) if we had had more of Sebastian's point of view throughout the book, and it's one of my main regrets.
Also I read this in French (my native language) and there wasn't any sex scenes (good, thanks!!!) but some makeout scenes and I was cringing my way through (not as much as I'd thought I would though) because I still cannot read anything remotely sexy in my native language without slightly wanting to throw the book away. It was somehow an important part of that reading experience so here you go it's in this review which has turned into more of a ramble than a review, but that's okay.
Oh my god! this is so goooood.
Never have I felt such vaildation reading something. This will be one of my forever reads.
The accuracy of the realism, and the feel good of the romance....
man, this was amazing. just read it if your curious.
Never have I felt such vaildation reading something. This will be one of my forever reads.
The accuracy of the realism, and the feel good of the romance....
man, this was amazing. just read it if your curious.
This was so good! I listened to the audiobook, and I liked it.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I did not expect this book to be so emotional going into it. I think the writers were very sensitive in their portrayal of homosexuality in the LDS community.