A review by rleibrock
Stray City by Chelsey Johnson

3.0

Really 2.5 stars but rounding up to three because the first half of the book kept me interested. Really, though, this book disappointed me. It felt so very prescriptive and crudely sketched, as though I were reading a book titled "How to be Queer in '90s Portland". It lacked real nuance and character development and instead seemed to rely heavily on tropes and cultural touchstones. That said, I felt for Andy and her story--until the book's second half. While I liked the initial email/letter transition the shift to Lucia's story felt forced and even trope-ier than the first half.