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A review by raneyak
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I don’t usually cry over books, but I cried over this one. This is a book I wish I had read earlier, before my first love and first heartbreak. If you are a young queer woman, I strongly encourage you to read this book because even though it is set almost 70 years ago, so much of it resonated with the experiences we still have today.
Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Racism, and Alcohol
Minor: War and Forced institutionalization