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A review by eboc2024
By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery
5.0
We have the privilege of having Candice Montgomery visit our middle school in February.
I absolutely loved this new YA book! From the sweet (but not sickly) queer love story...to the bees and the apiary and how influential and important they were in Torrey’s life... to the timely lessons on gentrification, white privilege and power. Being queer myself and struggling with going to college on my own with little help, I could identify with Torrey. But, it was also a window for me, such as the aspects of being a Black gay man dealing with homophobia at home. This novel has so many layers! Read it!
I absolutely loved this new YA book! From the sweet (but not sickly) queer love story...to the bees and the apiary and how influential and important they were in Torrey’s life... to the timely lessons on gentrification, white privilege and power. Being queer myself and struggling with going to college on my own with little help, I could identify with Torrey. But, it was also a window for me, such as the aspects of being a Black gay man dealing with homophobia at home. This novel has so many layers! Read it!