A review by late_stranger
Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris

This is such a weird book I don't think I can even rate it. The crude pro/con list is that the writing and characters are really compelling (enough to make me go out of my way to seek out the sequel) but also the writing is underdeveloped and the story is like, pretty signficantly gay-but-homophobic (gay-but-biphobic? It's honestly unclear to me if the main character is gay but dealing with comphet or actually bisexual but dealing with internalised homophobia; he legitimately identifies with a split-attraction model at one point which I truly did not expect in a novel from the early 90s). Anyway, this feels 50% like guilty-pleasure trash that I'm excited about continuing with and 50% a queer classic I feel obligated to like. Yes, those are mutually exclusive opinions. Yes, I have both. Idek man, I can't really recommend it but I also really want someone to talk to about what the fuck is going on here.

Also the summary on goodreads sucks?? idek. if anyone wants to borrow my copy lmk.