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Homebodies
by Tembe Denton-Hurst
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If you like character studies you will like this one. If you’re here for plot more over than characters, this one’s not for you if you like characters more than plot, this one is for you. It’s well written and very humorous. It’s gay. Gotta love that.
This is definitely one of the stories of like RuPaul says “if you don’t love yourself how the hell you gonna love somebody else?”
The only reason it doesn’t get a full five stars for me is because at the beginning, I love the book thought it was going to be a five star but closer to the end, I stopped, loving it as much, and then I started liking it again. So that’s the reason for one star down.
Here some quotes I liked
“Stop licking me.” “Oh please, you like it,” Lex countered, giving the other cheek a lick for good measure and kissing her there, too.”
“And then there was the warmth. Lex was sunshine. The kind that tanned your hands while driving and kissed your face on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Subtle, but unmissable. Warm.”
“Mickey, on the other hand, had an innate talent for knowing how to read a room and a good handle on the mechanics of politics and privilege, which made her perpetually angry, weary, and jaded, always simmering at a low boil.”
“She was stalking everyone these days, and the heaviness told her it was because there was nothing in her own life worth paying attention to.”
“Mickey could see that they had spent much of their relationship mothering each other, filling in the holes that the women who birthed them had left behind.”
“Getting sick doesn’t stop you from being a shitty person. The timing was really convenient though.”
“There wasn’t enough pasta or forehead kisses or lazy mornings in bed to make up for not being seen by the person she had believed to be her reflection.”
“Halloween parties are dangerous things, especially for white people who have been given a theme.”
“Sometimes heartbreak makes you bold. At least it had that effect on Mickey, who, after weeks of avoiding her father’s house, decided to walk right up to its once-red door and knock.”
This is definitely one of the stories of like RuPaul says “if you don’t love yourself how the hell you gonna love somebody else?”
The only reason it doesn’t get a full five stars for me is because at the beginning, I love the book thought it was going to be a five star but closer to the end, I stopped, loving it as much, and then I started liking it again. So that’s the reason for one star down.
Here some quotes I liked
“Stop licking me.” “Oh please, you like it,” Lex countered, giving the other cheek a lick for good measure and kissing her there, too.”
“And then there was the warmth. Lex was sunshine. The kind that tanned your hands while driving and kissed your face on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Subtle, but unmissable. Warm.”
“Mickey, on the other hand, had an innate talent for knowing how to read a room and a good handle on the mechanics of politics and privilege, which made her perpetually angry, weary, and jaded, always simmering at a low boil.”
“She was stalking everyone these days, and the heaviness told her it was because there was nothing in her own life worth paying attention to.”
“Mickey could see that they had spent much of their relationship mothering each other, filling in the holes that the women who birthed them had left behind.”
“Getting sick doesn’t stop you from being a shitty person. The timing was really convenient though.”
“There wasn’t enough pasta or forehead kisses or lazy mornings in bed to make up for not being seen by the person she had believed to be her reflection.”
“Halloween parties are dangerous things, especially for white people who have been given a theme.”
“Sometimes heartbreak makes you bold. At least it had that effect on Mickey, who, after weeks of avoiding her father’s house, decided to walk right up to its once-red door and knock.”