slusshypuppy 's review for:

Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst

4.0

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This was a book I needed to read at the time I read it. It's so plainly New York. So plainly Black. So plainly lesbian. I feel like Mickey needed to be held accountable for the ways she disregarded and hurt her loved ones that were trying to hold her through this really rough time. But I guess that's how the real world works, not everyone gets the storybook arc. I will say that while that is my only thing I think back on the book and wish to change, it was really refreshing to see a black lesbian woman get off the hook. That usually never happens so yipee!