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A review by manaledi
Stray City by Chelsey Johnson
4.0
I solidly enjoyed this one. it's ya from an adult point of view and well written.
BUT I kept thinking about this book/review because the bi-erasure really bothers me. Like maybe the idea is that the lesbian community is not accepting of bi-identities--which may or may not be true--but that premise could've been challenged instead of becoming a central part of the book's plot. Yes, I really appreciated how few characters were straight etc in the presentation of lesbian povs, but it's a missed opportunity for presenting the diversity present in LGBTQ and the spectrum of identities.
BUT I kept thinking about this book/review because the bi-erasure really bothers me. Like maybe the idea is that the lesbian community is not accepting of bi-identities--which may or may not be true--but that premise could've been challenged instead of becoming a central part of the book's plot. Yes, I really appreciated how few characters were straight etc in the presentation of lesbian povs, but it's a missed opportunity for presenting the diversity present in LGBTQ and the spectrum of identities.