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A review by bookishkitkat
A Totally Awkward Love Story by Tom Ellen, Lucy Ivison
1.5
1.) Hannah is great and deserves so much better than Sam.
2.) I hate amatonormativity. The amount of messaging that conveyed that still being a virgin by a certain age is bad and freakish is quite frankly alarming. And it is never challenged AT ALL throughout the book. It’s only reinforced.
3.) Casper is the only legit character, why didn’t we get more of him?
4.) I appreciated the realistic sex scene. We need more of those.
5.) Also liked Hannah’s relationship with her grandma.
6.) If this is allo culture I hate it. I’ve literally never been more glad to have had a supportive queer friend group in high school with the ability to talk about things that weren’t boys or sex. I would have felt so out of place as an aro-spec ace person. Are straight allo friendships actually like this? No judgement, just genuinely curious. If so, I hope our culture has progressed enough to have those conversations be healthier. Because damn. Some of that stuff was really toxic.
7.) My hot take is that I kind of agree with Stella (even though she’s toxic overall)
2.) I hate amatonormativity. The amount of messaging that conveyed that still being a virgin by a certain age is bad and freakish is quite frankly alarming. And it is never challenged AT ALL throughout the book. It’s only reinforced.
3.) Casper is the only legit character, why didn’t we get more of him?
4.) I appreciated the realistic sex scene. We need more of those.
5.) Also liked Hannah’s relationship with her grandma.
6.) If this is allo culture I hate it. I’ve literally never been more glad to have had a supportive queer friend group in high school with the ability to talk about things that weren’t boys or sex. I would have felt so out of place as an aro-spec ace person. Are straight allo friendships actually like this? No judgement, just genuinely curious. If so, I hope our culture has progressed enough to have those conversations be healthier. Because damn. Some of that stuff was really toxic.
7.) My hot take is that I kind of agree with Stella (even though she’s toxic overall)