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A review by thelibraryskeeper
You Know Me Well by David Levithan, Nina LaCour
4.0
"All of us with love in our hearts. We are all a part of this."
I really adored this book by Nina LaCour and David Levithan. I have read a few of Nina's books and I love her writing style. I thought this book would be really cool going into it only knowing that Nina and David wrote alternating chapters. In the acknowledgements the writing process is further explained, they sent emails back and forth with the chapters in them to write the book.
Once I started reading, I learned that the book was about Pride week leading up to the Pride parade. I really enjoyed that it wasn't a coming out story. So many LGBTQ books are all about someones coming out story or having a gay romance for the first time. Honestly it feels like a breath of fresh air reading a story where nearly all the characters are gay and the reader can focus more on the characters and their interests rather than the coming out process (not that its a bad thing to have books on that subject it just truly feels like they all are). The descriptions of Pride were absolutely gorgeous and I loved the little touch at the end of the book with Wyatt and his tiny rainbow pin.
Overall I recommend this book for a different take than the usual of LGBTQ novels.
I really adored this book by Nina LaCour and David Levithan. I have read a few of Nina's books and I love her writing style. I thought this book would be really cool going into it only knowing that Nina and David wrote alternating chapters. In the acknowledgements the writing process is further explained, they sent emails back and forth with the chapters in them to write the book.
Once I started reading, I learned that the book was about Pride week leading up to the Pride parade. I really enjoyed that it wasn't a coming out story. So many LGBTQ books are all about someones coming out story or having a gay romance for the first time. Honestly it feels like a breath of fresh air reading a story where nearly all the characters are gay and the reader can focus more on the characters and their interests rather than the coming out process (not that its a bad thing to have books on that subject it just truly feels like they all are). The descriptions of Pride were absolutely gorgeous and I loved the little touch at the end of the book with Wyatt and his tiny rainbow pin.
Overall I recommend this book for a different take than the usual of LGBTQ novels.