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Her Name in the Sky
by Kelly Quindlen
Bought this for a long day of travel because I liked she drives me crazy and wanted some fluff for the flights.
This book made me very sad.
It’s not very elegantly written and takes itself way too seriously at some points but the depictions of internalized homophobia were honestly gut wrenching. I grew up very religious (not Catholic and very welcoming to people of all backgrounds) in a rural part of the US where being gay was considered weird and uncool so growing up a bit and realizing I was bi was an eye opening experience about the views I carried in spite of being surrounded by positive gay influences throughout my life. In that way the story was very relatable but it was quite more extreme than any of my experiences obviously.
Overall 3.8/5: I found the characters to be quite real and the story to be quite the page turner. Drawbacks are in the cliché dialogue and lack of descriptive writing. Only pick this up if you’re ready to cry.
This book made me very sad.
It’s not very elegantly written and takes itself way too seriously at some points but the depictions of internalized homophobia were honestly gut wrenching. I grew up very religious (not Catholic and very welcoming to people of all backgrounds) in a rural part of the US where being gay was considered weird and uncool so growing up a bit and realizing I was bi was an eye opening experience about the views I carried in spite of being surrounded by positive gay influences throughout my life. In that way the story was very relatable but it was quite more extreme than any of my experiences obviously.
Overall 3.8/5: I found the characters to be quite real and the story to be quite the page turner. Drawbacks are in the cliché dialogue and lack of descriptive writing. Only pick this up if you’re ready to cry.