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A review by bookswithisabel
Old Enough by Haley Jakobson
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Ugh I loved this!! It felt so real, totally a present-day queer college experience.
Some bullet point thoughts since trying to write a paragraph is not working for me rn for some reason:
-There were many lines that had me laughing out loud
-The falling out with a childhood best friend was a major part of this story and was so well done. And also just like going to college somewhere other than your hometown and looking back at your hometown and the people in it and feeling so disconnected and foreign. Yeah.
-I was so thrilled to read a story with transmasc and gender non conforming characters!!
-the queer friendships <3 <3
-Sav and Wes together had me like, grinning and kicking my feet, lol, and I haven’t felt like that reading a romance plot line in a longgg time :,) as a lesbian who is mostly just attracted to butches/mascs/transmascs there are not enough butchfemme romances out there!!! The romance wasn’t really a huge part of this story, just a side plot, but I still really enjoyed it. So Haley Jakobson, if you ever have any interest in writing a romance novel with transmasc characters…I will SO read that.
-Sexual assault is one of the major themes in this book and I felt like it was handled with such care and nuance.
-This is the queer coming of age story set in COLLEGE that we’ve been asking for! I read a copy from the library and I’ve already preordered a paperback copy to buy when it comes out in June (I’m just a paperback girlie over hardcover).
-I finished this at work (#ontheclock) and immediately made a face-out in my section that I shelve of the bookstore (hardcover fiction) because I want every queer college student to read this book!!<3
Some bullet point thoughts since trying to write a paragraph is not working for me rn for some reason:
-There were many lines that had me laughing out loud
-The falling out with a childhood best friend was a major part of this story and was so well done. And also just like going to college somewhere other than your hometown and looking back at your hometown and the people in it and feeling so disconnected and foreign. Yeah.
-I was so thrilled to read a story with transmasc and gender non conforming characters!!
-the queer friendships <3 <3
-Sav and Wes together had me like, grinning and kicking my feet, lol, and I haven’t felt like that reading a romance plot line in a longgg time :,) as a lesbian who is mostly just attracted to butches/mascs/transmascs there are not enough butchfemme romances out there!!! The romance wasn’t really a huge part of this story, just a side plot, but I still really enjoyed it. So Haley Jakobson, if you ever have any interest in writing a romance novel with transmasc characters…I will SO read that.
-Sexual assault is one of the major themes in this book and I felt like it was handled with such care and nuance.
-This is the queer coming of age story set in COLLEGE that we’ve been asking for! I read a copy from the library and I’ve already preordered a paperback copy to buy when it comes out in June (I’m just a paperback girlie over hardcover).
-I finished this at work (#ontheclock) and immediately made a face-out in my section that I shelve of the bookstore (hardcover fiction) because I want every queer college student to read this book!!<3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship