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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
WOW
This book has everything
Provo slander ✔️
This book has everything
Provo slander ✔️
Gay Mormon awakenings ✔️
Straightforward examination of LDS church policies/the trauma of being a queer Mormon teenager ✔️
Cognitive dissonance/accurate portrayal of an identity/faith crisis ✔️
I could not recommend this book more.
P.s. the audiobook narrator pronouncing “deseret” like it’s French— “dez er aye” is killing me 😂
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
tense
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
giggled so much while reading this
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Complicated
I feel like this book is really, really important. It expresses the reality and some good things (namely just a sense of community and service) about the Mormon church but does not shy away from the absolute pain it causes. And in case anyone needs to hear it, as a former Mormon, their church really is like that. There is not a single exaggeration. Granted there are like three very minor discrepancies, but in all reality?It's really like that. I have heard Sebastian's story a hundred times from real people, experienced several second hand versions myself (raised in the church but not queer). It's really, honestly like that, and it's devastating how real his pain and anguish is.
The hardest part? The ending of this book is hopeful and optimistic. So many times it is not that way in real life. To the hopefuls, to the optimistics, fight anyway. You belong.
The hardest part? The ending of this book is hopeful and optimistic. So many times it is not that way in real life. To the hopefuls, to the optimistics, fight anyway. You belong.
A love story for those who endure self-doubt and parents who follow a tenet rather than nurture.
Me cuesta puntuar este libro, hay algunas experiencias demasiado cercanas que hacen que por un lado lo ame, pero por otro lo deteste.
Si lleno de estrellas a Tanner, querido mereces todo.
Si lleno de estrellas a Tanner, querido mereces todo.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
Another contemporary romance, less than a week after the last one... I think I'm starting to like this genre.
The mormon angle was super interesting. I thought it was handled really well--though, honestly, I can't believe people like that actually exist. It's just too weird. Cult-ish. But also "holier than thou", I don't understand how people can be so selfless. Especially teenagers--aren't all teenagers rebellious? Wouldn't they question their faith...? Especially when it's so ridiculous?
I thought Seb was a bit of an asshole. I get that he's going through a lot but jesus, I'm surprised Tanner put up with being ignored so often. I also didn't really get the attraction--I mean, sure, Seb is good looking, but he's also a religious nutjob. Okay, my biases are colouring my opinion on this one...It just seemed like they had very little in common.
The ending was a bit of a cop-out. I really wanted to see Seb's confrontation with his parents, but it just skipped over that and went straight to the epilogue. It also seemed unrealistic that Seb would be able to find Tanner while he's playing frisbee on this massive campus... while it was a cute reunion, it was incredibly unrealistic. Speaking of unrealistic, lol, Seb's whole book deal. But again, Mormon. They seem hyper-competent for some reason...
Those are really my only faults with this one. A cutesy contemporary romance, which is apparently my thing now.
ONE MORE THING
I hated how the authors handled the scene where Autumn completely took advantage of a grieving Tanner and had sex with him, and then afterwards had Tanner apologizing to her over and over O__O Like, Autumn is kind of a monster for doing that, and it was surprising that the authors didn't acknowledge that AT ALL. It was even worse that they had Tanner feeling bad about it when clearly he was the victim...
Super uncomfortable to listen to that part, tbh.
The mormon angle was super interesting. I thought it was handled really well--though, honestly, I can't believe people like that actually exist. It's just too weird. Cult-ish. But also "holier than thou", I don't understand how people can be so selfless. Especially teenagers--aren't all teenagers rebellious? Wouldn't they question their faith...? Especially when it's so ridiculous?
I thought Seb was a bit of an asshole. I get that he's going through a lot but jesus, I'm surprised Tanner put up with being ignored so often. I also didn't really get the attraction--I mean, sure, Seb is good looking, but he's also a religious nutjob. Okay, my biases are colouring my opinion on this one...It just seemed like they had very little in common.
The ending was a bit of a cop-out. I really wanted to see Seb's confrontation with his parents, but it just skipped over that and went straight to the epilogue. It also seemed unrealistic that Seb would be able to find Tanner while he's playing frisbee on this massive campus... while it was a cute reunion, it was incredibly unrealistic. Speaking of unrealistic, lol, Seb's whole book deal. But again, Mormon. They seem hyper-competent for some reason...
Those are really my only faults with this one. A cutesy contemporary romance, which is apparently my thing now.
ONE MORE THING
I hated how the authors handled the scene where Autumn completely took advantage of a grieving Tanner and had sex with him, and then afterwards had Tanner apologizing to her over and over O__O Like, Autumn is kind of a monster for doing that, and it was surprising that the authors didn't acknowledge that AT ALL. It was even worse that they had Tanner feeling bad about it when clearly he was the victim...
Super uncomfortable to listen to that part, tbh.
This was really cute! Very typical YA, but the main characters are all 18/19, which makes things much more palatable. I liked how Sebastian’s religion was never pushed aside/shunned for the narrative. Religion is a huge part of many peoples’ lives, and I think this book did a really nice job of balancing Sebastian’s commitment to his religion and his church (LDS) with the exploration of his sexuality and his feelings for Tanner. As a character, Tanner doesn’t really...do much? Despite the entire story being told through his POV, he was mostly a reactionary character. I much would have preferred Sebastian’s POV, and I think the entire thing could have been shortened quite a bit, but overall it was still a really cute LGBT read.
las situaciones que van viviendo y cómo las van enfrentando se siente tan real. apaño a mis cabros con todo.
impactada quedé con la despelucada salida de repente hahsjdj tenía la sospecha con ella... me dio nanai, pero lo manejo re bien
impactada quedé con la despelucada salida de repente hahsjdj tenía la sospecha con ella... me dio nanai, pero lo manejo re bien