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A review by m0thermayi
Ciel by Sophie LaBelle
3.0
3.5 stars | (This is probably gonna be long and I'm sorry this review isn't in French but I'm lacking words so.)
Really good LGBTQ québécois novel for young readers :) We need more of those! I love that the parents were (mostly) really supportive of their trans kids and that there wasn't any drama at school because of these non-gender conforming teens. I was all here for non-binary teens and discussion of pronouns and how they can make some people uncomfortable. I hope there is going to be another book and that this is going to be a series because I feel like so many things were left hanging. I want to know what will happen with the LGBTQ meetings and the president Jérôme-Lou. He's the perfect example that even queer people can have prejudices against other queer people. I want to see this addressed.
The only negative (and reasons why i haven't given it 4 stars) is that the dialogue didn't feel authentic. I don't think young teens would talk that way, and it really pulled me out of the story on multiple occasions. Also, the level of maturity of the relationships these 12 yo experience was also a bit puzzling. Who the hell, in 5th grade, stays with the same person for 1.5year+???
LGBTQ rep: trans, bi, pan, non-binary character.
Really good LGBTQ québécois novel for young readers :) We need more of those! I love that the parents were (mostly) really supportive of their trans kids and that there wasn't any drama at school because of these non-gender conforming teens. I was all here for non-binary teens and discussion of pronouns and how they can make some people uncomfortable. I hope there is going to be another book and that this is going to be a series because I feel like so many things were left hanging. I want to know what will happen with the LGBTQ meetings and the president Jérôme-Lou. He's the perfect example that even queer people can have prejudices against other queer people. I want to see this addressed.
The only negative (and reasons why i haven't given it 4 stars) is that the dialogue didn't feel authentic. I don't think young teens would talk that way, and it really pulled me out of the story on multiple occasions. Also, the level of maturity of the relationships these 12 yo experience was also a bit puzzling. Who the hell, in 5th grade, stays with the same person for 1.5year+???
LGBTQ rep: trans, bi, pan, non-binary character.