Couplets: A Love Story by Maggie Millner

Couplets: A Love Story

Maggie Millner

130 pages first pub 2023 (view editions) user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
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Readers who relish intimate verse that charts the head-spinning transition from conventional life to queer self-discovery and who savor the emotional velocity of love’s exhilarating, destabilizing descent will find this book irresistible.

Description

A dazzling love story in poems about one woman’s coming-out, coming-of-age, and coming undoneA woman lives an ordinary life in Brooklyn. She has a boyfriend. They share a cat. She writes poems in the prevailing style. She also has dreams: of being...

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Community Reviews

3.74
based on 1,728 reviews

Moods

reflective: 81%

emotional: 76%

sad: 18%

hopeful: 15%

challenging: 13%

inspiring: 9%

funny: 8%

tense: 5%

lighthearted: 4%

adventurous: 3%

dark: 2%

relaxing: 2%

mysterious: 1%


Pace

63% of readers chose fast
27% of readers chose medium
9% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

4% of readers chose Plot
12% of readers chose A mix
74% of readers chose Character
8% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

33% of readers chose Yes
41% of readers chose Complicated
17% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

26% of readers chose Yes
40% of readers chose Complicated
24% of readers chose No
8% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

29% of readers chose Yes
13% of readers chose Complicated
38% of readers chose No
18% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

71% of readers chose Yes
15% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
6% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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