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A review by hayjp8
Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith
2.0
2/5 stars
Feeling conflicted about this one! It was an interesting story, and I was surprised it kept me captivated enough to finish it in a day. But I had issues with some parts of it. The writing style just really wasn’t for me (the trying very hard to be teen-y aspects). And the way they handled some of the serious topics seemed....not great. Many other reviews go into it really well but overall, not a favourite but not a bad book!
edit: I read a bunch of reviews by trans readers and a lot of them were not happy with the way trans people are represented in this book, so I lowered my rating.
Feeling conflicted about this one! It was an interesting story, and I was surprised it kept me captivated enough to finish it in a day. But I had issues with some parts of it. The writing style just really wasn’t for me (the trying very hard to be teen-y aspects). And the way they handled some of the serious topics seemed....not great. Many other reviews go into it really well but overall, not a favourite but not a bad book!
edit: I read a bunch of reviews by trans readers and a lot of them were not happy with the way trans people are represented in this book, so I lowered my rating.