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A review by gwensadventure
Crystal's House of Queers by Brooke Skipstone
3.0
Overall, I was feel sort of conflicted about this book. It was startling to read a book with COVID very present in the story, but the author really did capture the experience of Covid in a rural area. I liked the way queerness in rural Alaska is portrayed. I was TOTALLY captivated by the descriptions of Peyton and Crystals art--I want to see it and buy it and commission a piece!! There is an interesting mix of charachters and eventually a really cool dynamic between them all!
While I love a good found family, coming of age, strong female protaganist story, I didn't connect so much with this one. I felt like there was something missing as all the relationships formed and evolved so quickly, conflict almost instantly resolved and it just felt a little hollow to me.
While there are some fun moments, this story covers some really serious topics (think abuse, drug use, abandonment, Covid, etc...). That combined with how much sex they have just made me a little bit uncomfortable reading this book.
While I love a good found family, coming of age, strong female protaganist story, I didn't connect so much with this one. I felt like there was something missing as all the relationships formed and evolved so quickly, conflict almost instantly resolved and it just felt a little hollow to me.
While there are some fun moments, this story covers some really serious topics (think abuse, drug use, abandonment, Covid, etc...). That combined with how much sex they have just made me a little bit uncomfortable reading this book.