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A review by iam
Queerleaders by M.B. Guel
2.0
This had the potential to be so cute, but unfortunately fell flat for me.
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Content warnings include: bullying, homophobia, repeated outing of queer characters against their will, cheating, toxic definition of queerness, religion, homophobic authority figure threatening queer teen, TONS of public humiliation and second hand embarassment.
It wasn’t all bad. There were some cute moments, and particularly towards the end there were some unexpected turns where instead of turning south like I thought they would, it went up in the best way instead.
But ultimately it only reminded of me why I usually hate American High School romcoms: they are formulaic, perpetuate harmful stereotypes and revolve solely on second hand embarassment and putting the protagonist down.
I received an ARC and reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Read the full review & more on the blog.
Content warnings include: bullying, homophobia, repeated outing of queer characters against their will, cheating, toxic definition of queerness, religion, homophobic authority figure threatening queer teen, TONS of public humiliation and second hand embarassment.
It wasn’t all bad. There were some cute moments, and particularly towards the end there were some unexpected turns where instead of turning south like I thought they would, it went up in the best way instead.
But ultimately it only reminded of me why I usually hate American High School romcoms: they are formulaic, perpetuate harmful stereotypes and revolve solely on second hand embarassment and putting the protagonist down.
I received an ARC and reviewed honestly and voluntarily.