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A review by kaikai1618
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
4.5 stars. This book had such a nice blend of humor, friendship, and figuring out who you want to be.
I found this book to be very enjoyable while also dealing with how Rafe was hiding this part of himself. What I liked was how the author portrayed all of that small struggles of being gay in everyday life with the comments or assumptions people have.
I'm also glad that this book tackled the struggles of being gay even when in an accepting or mostly accepting community.
The passages Rafe wrote for his teacher were a very interesting way of showing Rafe's past while also showing us a different side to his thoughts that is more sporadic when he used quick writes.
Also his relationship with Ben was just amazing as a close friendship between two guys even when Rafe wanted more than that eventually. They just made me so happy with their closeness and how they didn't need to try to be "Macho" dudes and could just be close without thinking it's wrong.
So that's my sporadic review but I did really enjoy this book would recommend.
I found this book to be very enjoyable while also dealing with how Rafe was hiding this part of himself. What I liked was how the author portrayed all of that small struggles of being gay in everyday life with the comments or assumptions people have.
I'm also glad that this book tackled the struggles of being gay even when in an accepting or mostly accepting community.
The passages Rafe wrote for his teacher were a very interesting way of showing Rafe's past while also showing us a different side to his thoughts that is more sporadic when he used quick writes.
Also his relationship with Ben was just amazing as a close friendship between two guys even when Rafe wanted more than that eventually. They just made me so happy with their closeness and how they didn't need to try to be "Macho" dudes and could just be close without thinking it's wrong.
So that's my sporadic review but I did really enjoy this book would recommend.