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A review by stevia333k
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
So um, there's trigger warnings at the beginning of the book, take those seriously.
The book was fun because they didn't get trapped, and the plotline of coming out slowly & getting your own money is cool. I will say catholic school tuition money is a bit off-putting, but it seemed good at showing how jobs are connected to family connections. i don't know enough about mexican culture to know how homophobia is normalized. the thing i got from that is that the legalism comes second to the habits.
it was a fun book. like the siblings have a much better relationship than i ever had. that being said, i'm giving this review a more guidebook lens than i was expected, because i talked with a woman who's stranded in a very conservative/anti-lgbt+ area about this book who was looking to this book for praxis. like she didn't even know how to screen for allies etc. like in this book, rainbow pins are a thing... i described how this book shows guidance, but it's fiction, so if it showed like actual probabilities of building a safety net, then it would've gotten stuck.
The book was fun because they didn't get trapped, and the plotline of coming out slowly & getting your own money is cool. I will say catholic school tuition money is a bit off-putting, but it seemed good at showing how jobs are connected to family connections. i don't know enough about mexican culture to know how homophobia is normalized. the thing i got from that is that the legalism comes second to the habits.
it was a fun book. like the siblings have a much better relationship than i ever had. that being said, i'm giving this review a more guidebook lens than i was expected, because i talked with a woman who's stranded in a very conservative/anti-lgbt+ area about this book who was looking to this book for praxis. like she didn't even know how to screen for allies etc. like in this book, rainbow pins are a thing... i described how this book shows guidance, but it's fiction, so if it showed like actual probabilities of building a safety net, then it would've gotten stuck.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt