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A review by sierranorgan
Jay's Gay Agenda by Jason June
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Okay so I had a LOT of issues with this book.
Jay was insanely unlivable to me. I completely understand growing up in a place where there isn’t anyone like you and wanting those experiences- but he really used that excuse to explain every terrible thing he did and said in this book.
I loved the idea of Jay’s lists, and that he was the type of person who was able to process things and feelings through lists, but I felt like the lists were repeated EVERY PAGE. I swear I could recite the list from memory at this point.
The characters swung back and forth between sounding like they were middle schoolers to sounding like they should be in college. Jay refused to say the word “fuck” as he was opposed to it because of the way he was raised, so instead he said “frack” and it was really “fracking” annoying. It sounded like a child who isn’t supposed to say something so they figure out a way on the sly to say it instead. The other characters did similar things as well and I hated it.
Also, we are all (except for my asexual friends out there) sexual people. So it’s normal for us to think about sex. But dear lord if someone dropped a pencil in this book SOMEHOW Jay connected it to something sexual. It was insane.
Also the entire story takes place over the course of a month which just seems super unbelievable.
Jay was insanely unlivable to me. I completely understand growing up in a place where there isn’t anyone like you and wanting those experiences- but he really used that excuse to explain every terrible thing he did and said in this book.
I loved the idea of Jay’s lists, and that he was the type of person who was able to process things and feelings through lists, but I felt like the lists were repeated EVERY PAGE. I swear I could recite the list from memory at this point.
The characters swung back and forth between sounding like they were middle schoolers to sounding like they should be in college. Jay refused to say the word “fuck” as he was opposed to it because of the way he was raised, so instead he said “frack” and it was really “fracking” annoying. It sounded like a child who isn’t supposed to say something so they figure out a way on the sly to say it instead. The other characters did similar things as well and I hated it.
Also, we are all (except for my asexual friends out there) sexual people. So it’s normal for us to think about sex. But dear lord if someone dropped a pencil in this book SOMEHOW Jay connected it to something sexual. It was insane.
Also the entire story takes place over the course of a month which just seems super unbelievable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Sexual content