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A review by melodys_library
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
2.0
The author put a lot of care, research, and personal history into this coming-of-age story of a Chinese-American lesbian growing up in a time and place that doesn’t allow both identities to coexist. She explores lesbian culture and Chinese-American culture, and the cultural anxiety surrounding it, and the sense of conformity and social repression prevalent in 1950’s America.
While I appreciated how the storylines converged at the end, this was a suuuuper sloooow burn for me. I mean SLOOOOW. It started to pick up pace way late in the game.
I was really disappointed during the first 2/3 of the book, and nearly moved on for good. I’m glad I hung on, and it breaks my heart to do this because it discusses such important topics, but I feel like I have to give it a less than favorable rating because it felt like a chore to read the first 250 pages.
While I appreciated how the storylines converged at the end, this was a suuuuper sloooow burn for me. I mean SLOOOOW. It started to pick up pace way late in the game.
I was really disappointed during the first 2/3 of the book, and nearly moved on for good. I’m glad I hung on, and it breaks my heart to do this because it discusses such important topics, but I feel like I have to give it a less than favorable rating because it felt like a chore to read the first 250 pages.