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A review by annapontin
The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles
5.0
While I was reading this book I kept thinking 'I should underline this paragraph' or 'I should mark this page because it's so good' but I never did because if I started marking all the good writing in this book I would never stop, because all of it was worth remembering.
I feel like I found a hidden gem when I bought this, because I've never seen this on any bestseller lists even though it deserves to be there. It was funny and sad and captivating from the start to the end. I was interested in every part of this book, partially because the story itself was exciting and well plotted but also because I was drawn into the world of samba and Baianas and Brazil. The other reason this was a hidden gem for me, was because I went into it completely unaware that the main character was a bisexual woman. There are only one or two books that I've read where I've seen bi women being well represented and intelligently portrayed and this was the best of them. Some elements of this book reminded me of the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, because it was set in a similar era in Hollywood and the protagonists had similar journeys as well as being about an LGBTQ woman but I preferred this book because it was just a little more creative and complex.
I feel like I found a hidden gem when I bought this, because I've never seen this on any bestseller lists even though it deserves to be there. It was funny and sad and captivating from the start to the end. I was interested in every part of this book, partially because the story itself was exciting and well plotted but also because I was drawn into the world of samba and Baianas and Brazil. The other reason this was a hidden gem for me, was because I went into it completely unaware that the main character was a bisexual woman. There are only one or two books that I've read where I've seen bi women being well represented and intelligently portrayed and this was the best of them. Some elements of this book reminded me of the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, because it was set in a similar era in Hollywood and the protagonists had similar journeys as well as being about an LGBTQ woman but I preferred this book because it was just a little more creative and complex.