kyrstin_p1989 's review for:

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book is tender and beautiful. Lo writes about first love, in all of its glory, from a perspective that has not seen the spotlight too often. As an Asian American lesbian growing up in a family devoted to traditional Chinese values, Lily’s story pulls at your heart-strings and Lo’s storytelling puts you right back in 1950’s America. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment