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A review by littlemissstar55
Queerleaders by M.B. Guel
1.0
I received an e-Advanced Reader Copy from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. This did not impact my views.
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 embarrassment.
I actually DNFed this at 41%
I couldn't get passed the disgusting homophobia, the constant outing, the unsavoury remarks, etc. And the fact there was a "cleansing fund" set up for the students to cleanse themselves after being around Mack, the main character.
The "tropes" in this are so horribly outdated, and a lot of the focus is on how bad/disgusting/sinful being gay is.
I was expecting a nice lesbian/queer/wlw story where Mack gets a girlfriend on the cheerleading squad and is happy and gay and positive. Because far out, us gays need that FAR more than we need yet another story filled with rampant homophobia telling us how bad and gross we are.
0.5/5 stars. This was horrific to me.
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 embarrassment.
I actually DNFed this at 41%
I couldn't get passed the disgusting homophobia, the constant outing, the unsavoury remarks, etc. And the fact there was a "cleansing fund" set up for the students to cleanse themselves after being around Mack, the main character.
The "tropes" in this are so horribly outdated, and a lot of the focus is on how bad/disgusting/sinful being gay is.
I was expecting a nice lesbian/queer/wlw story where Mack gets a girlfriend on the cheerleading squad and is happy and gay and positive. Because far out, us gays need that FAR more than we need yet another story filled with rampant homophobia telling us how bad and gross we are.
0.5/5 stars. This was horrific to me.