Review by sprucewillow - Last Night at the Telegraph Club

sprucewillow 's review for:

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I really loved this book. Great look into 1930-1950's Chinatown/San Francisco gay scene, as well as the life of Chinese families before and during WWII. I have never read a queer book like this. I have learned so much (thanks to the author for including more historical details at the end!) and am incredibly grateful LGBT has advanced so much that the homophobia Lily had to cope with is less nowadays, at least in the US.

Ending was a bit lackluster but I can forgive that.

This is how I like historical fiction.

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