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This Book Is Gay
by Juno Dawson
It's an okay book I guess, but it has almost no new insight on anything LGBTQA+. If you're struggling and you found comfort in it, good for you. I'm glad it exists because I'm sure it has helped people.
The two big issuse with the book I had were that it tried to be funny and failed, big time, and it was actually pretty exclusionary at times. This is rather strange, considering the author is trans(though identified as a gay man at the time she wrote it). There were certainly a few parts that got an eyebrow raise from me. She's also randomly judgy about things, like going to the gym.
Another annoyance was that she used caps whenever she wanted to emphasize things, and THAT GETS ANNOYING. This is a BOOK. You can use ITALICS. Also you don't have to SCREAM at me every other sentence. I think it was supposed to add to the humor factor but it just come off as cheap. I really think it would have been better if she set aside the humor altogether, because it was really cheesy and boring, and not cheesy in charming way.
The two big issuse with the book I had were that it tried to be funny and failed, big time, and it was actually pretty exclusionary at times. This is rather strange, considering the author is trans(though identified as a gay man at the time she wrote it). There were certainly a few parts that got an eyebrow raise from me. She's also randomly judgy about things, like going to the gym.
Another annoyance was that she used caps whenever she wanted to emphasize things, and THAT GETS ANNOYING. This is a BOOK. You can use ITALICS. Also you don't have to SCREAM at me every other sentence. I think it was supposed to add to the humor factor but it just come off as cheap. I really think it would have been better if she set aside the humor altogether, because it was really cheesy and boring, and not cheesy in charming way.