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citrus_seasalt 's review for:
Gay the Pray Away
by Natalie Naudus
Beautiful overall, made moreso by the narration, as I was listening on audio! (Hannah’s audiobook voice isn’t for the faint of heart though. She as a character is meant to be overly cheery. My poor ears.) While frequently anxiety and anger-inducing, there was still a hopeful tone to Valerie’s story. I mostly liked how the back-and-forth between confidence, self-doubt and confusion in her deconstruction journey was written through her thoughts.
While the romance was very mushy-gushy and sometimes corny, I’m giving it a pass because not only was it clear that these two girls needed the support they gave each other, but I also wouldn’t expect anything else from two sapphics with a very conservative and religious upbringing trying to flirt and have a relationship with each other lol.
Also, all the references to queer books!! (Two of which being stuff Natalie Nautus has narrated! “The narration is fine, but the story is great” or however that line goes made me laugh.) A fun Easter Egg for general readers of queer fiction, but mostly fans of Natalie.
What held me back from rating this higher, though, was that certain parts were repetitive. It sometimes lessened the impact of a scene or made my audiobook feel like it was repeating.
Please check trigger warnings before reading, there’s very graphic depictions of religious bigotry, child abuse(spanking, but also emotional and religious abuse), homophobia, and the main character is outedin chapters 25/26. Despite the hopefulness and the sweet ending, this was heavy.
While the romance was very mushy-gushy and sometimes corny, I’m giving it a pass because not only was it clear that these two girls needed the support they gave each other, but I also wouldn’t expect anything else from two sapphics with a very conservative and religious upbringing trying to flirt and have a relationship with each other lol.
Also, all the references to queer books!! (Two of which being stuff Natalie Nautus has narrated! “The narration is fine, but the story is great” or however that line goes made me laugh.) A fun Easter Egg for general readers of queer fiction, but mostly fans of Natalie.
What held me back from rating this higher, though, was that certain parts were repetitive. It sometimes lessened the impact of a scene or made my audiobook feel like it was repeating.
Please check trigger warnings before reading, there’s very graphic depictions of religious bigotry, child abuse(spanking, but also emotional and religious abuse), homophobia, and the main character is outed
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Outing
Moderate: Racism, Gaslighting