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We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra
Did not finish book. Stopped at 41%.
i really love the writing style in this and the concept in general, so while I was listening to the audiobook, i went ahead and looked at some of the reviews. i honestly did not read the little synopsis on the back of this book and just selected it from my library’s random tool.
what i am about to say may sound shitty but please keep reading beyond the first phrase of the sentence: i am going to, unfortunately, stop reading this book after finding out that this book is supposed to be a gay romance, however, it is between a high school sophomore and senior (who got held back a year?). the sophomore even describes the senior’s energy as “older-sibling-like” and i was beyond excited to read a story of a friendship form through letters. this book’s concept could have so easily been executed without the age gap.i also have read that there are multiple sex scenes in this book which is extremely weird for a cast of high school characters, especially when this book is labeled as YA. the scenes are over sexualized and there was a weird ass scene with someone being horny for an armpit??
secondly, i am really struggling to follow the plot of this book through just the letters written back-in-forth because it simply does not cover a lot of it yet (I am only like 41% done with the book). i just can’t get past how this story is so unrealistic and out of touch with high schoolers as well as being extremely cliché-filled. i do not think this is a book that i would ever want a young gay kid to read and think was a good example of representation of themselves in the media. I am going to have to trust the reviews on this book and move onto a queer book written by a queer author for queer readers.
what i am about to say may sound shitty but please keep reading beyond the first phrase of the sentence: i am going to, unfortunately, stop reading this book after finding out that this book is supposed to be a gay romance, however, it is between a high school sophomore and senior (who got held back a year?). the sophomore even describes the senior’s energy as “older-sibling-like” and i was beyond excited to read a story of a friendship form through letters. this book’s concept could have so easily been executed without the age gap.
secondly, i am really struggling to follow the plot of this book through just the letters written back-in-forth because it simply does not cover a lot of it yet (I am only like 41% done with the book). i just can’t get past how this story is so unrealistic and out of touch with high schoolers as well as being extremely cliché-filled. i do not think this is a book that i would ever want a young gay kid to read and think was a good example of representation of themselves in the media. I am going to have to trust the reviews on this book and move onto a queer book written by a queer author for queer readers.