caro_las 's review for:

Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg

3.0

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I kind of don‘t know what to think of this book. Sometimes it was all over the place and i couldn’t quite follow how we went from one event to the other and other times it was really slow and the events were drawn out. Most of the time i was thinking i was reading a fanfiction that had every trope in it you can think of (being in the closet, weird roommates, pretending to be no homo, sleeping in the same bed, blushing a lot, visiting the family together, sports,boarding school and a ski trip). Also i was kind of annoyed how everyone was mad at Rafe for suddenly wanting to hide he was gay. I think being out or in the closet is a decision the person can make for themselves without people shaming them for it. That being said, i like fanfics. So reading something like it was actually really fun and i was flying through it. Also at times it made some really good points about identity and labels. So i had to give it 3 stars because even though the book has many flaws 2 stars just would not be fair, because it was still a fun read.