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Evenings and Weekends
by Oisín McKenna
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Somewhere between a 4.25 and 4.5⭐️🫶
I loved this! Such a raw and messy look at modern queerness in all of its beautiful shapes and forms 💕
I only wish that we had gotten more time with some other characters, or that their stories were maybe cut altogether as there were so many characters that I struggled to keep everyone and their relationships to each other straight (or rather, queer 😉) for such a short novel, and some characters we only got a page or two with. But I can also see that maybe the intention was to surround the reader with so much queerness that you get to feel it in all of its forms.
This is peak Irish queer litfic and I highly recommend. However, there are some heavy themes so please do check TWs.
I loved this! Such a raw and messy look at modern queerness in all of its beautiful shapes and forms 💕
I only wish that we had gotten more time with some other characters, or that their stories were maybe cut altogether as there were so many characters that I struggled to keep everyone and their relationships to each other straight (or rather, queer 😉) for such a short novel, and some characters we only got a page or two with. But I can also see that maybe the intention was to surround the reader with so much queerness that you get to feel it in all of its forms.
This is peak Irish queer litfic and I highly recommend. However, there are some heavy themes so please do check TWs.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion