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Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus
4.5
challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
I knew this story would be hard for me. I was raised a jehovah's witness and didn't discover my queerness until I was in college. My upbringing was a lot less strict than the MC's, but as Riley reminds Val, trauma and pain isn't a competition; other people having a harder time doesn't mean you have it easy. This is the book I needed as a teen (carefully hidden behind other books), and maybe the book I needed now. 
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