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A review by joanna1905
Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna R. Shrum, Sara Waxelbaum
5.0
Reread #1 - 11/12/23
Yeah this slayed just as much as the first time around. I did try and read the physical book, but found myself continuously going back to the audiobook. This is one of those audiobooks where the narrators just really elevated the experience.
In hindsight, while I think there’s room for characters like Charlie in queer ya, I do think it’s a shame that Abbie had no allies in her life. Her queer friends were assholes, and her parents were even bigger assholes. I think it’s important to represent homophobia coming from queer people and the damage that does. But it seems a shame that Abbie had queer friends who were just nice loving people. I worry that the lack of positive representation in stories like this might cause young people to view queer spaces, as even scarier and potentially hostile places and yeah sure they can be overwhelmingly they are not! It would’ve been nice to see Abbie have some support from queer friends who just loved and excepted her (could’ve been an option for this, but instead, they only had like two things)
But all in all I really LOVE this book and the audio is just fabulous!
Initial read - 25/05/23
Loved it. The storyline is solid, the relationship is well developed and the character development was just CHEFS KISS!!! I loved the way queer teenagedom was depicted including the way both girls learnt to be better allys to themselves and their community. The deconstruction of issues like biphobia within the queer community, “gold star lesbians”, and the idea you need to look a certain way to be queer were just such relevant and important topics for young readers to hear about. I also liked the autistic rep. All in all, this is definitely one of the best fxf YA/NA books I’ve read and I look forward to the paperbacks release so I can cop a physical copy!
Yeah this slayed just as much as the first time around. I did try and read the physical book, but found myself continuously going back to the audiobook. This is one of those audiobooks where the narrators just really elevated the experience.
In hindsight, while I think there’s room for characters like Charlie in queer ya, I do think it’s a shame that Abbie had no allies in her life. Her queer friends were assholes, and her parents were even bigger assholes. I think it’s important to represent homophobia coming from queer people and the damage that does. But it seems a shame that Abbie had queer friends who were just nice loving people. I worry that the lack of positive representation in stories like this might cause young people to view queer spaces, as even scarier and potentially hostile places and yeah sure they can be overwhelmingly they are not! It would’ve been nice to see Abbie have some support from queer friends who just loved and excepted her (could’ve been an option for this, but instead, they only had like two things)
But all in all I really LOVE this book and the audio is just fabulous!
Initial read - 25/05/23
Loved it. The storyline is solid, the relationship is well developed and the character development was just CHEFS KISS!!! I loved the way queer teenagedom was depicted including the way both girls learnt to be better allys to themselves and their community. The deconstruction of issues like biphobia within the queer community, “gold star lesbians”, and the idea you need to look a certain way to be queer were just such relevant and important topics for young readers to hear about. I also liked the autistic rep. All in all, this is definitely one of the best fxf YA/NA books I’ve read and I look forward to the paperbacks release so I can cop a physical copy!