A review by camreading
High School: A Memoir: The New York Times Bestseller by Tegan Quin, Sara Quin

3.0

i really wanted to love this, but it was just fine. i was a tegan & sara fan growing up, and their music serves a certain type of nostalgia for me that feels like being 13 and knowing you won't acknowledge your sexuality fully for at least another 5 years, getting made fun of for listening to 'gay music', and feeling so seen through song but not yet understanding why. because of my connection to them, and the several back-cover endorsements from julien baker and elliot page, i gave this memoir a shot. i somehow ended up bored even as they describe drug-fueled raves and sexually-charged female friendships. both tegan & sara's voices feel as if they were still in high school when they wrote this, and any knowledgeable perspective one might normally use in a memoir to indicate growth and maturing since the described events, just wasn't there. unfortunately, my main takeaway is that being capable of writing great songs does not render you capable of writing a great book.