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I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.5
A sweet queer retelling set in 19th c England.
I love that this is an ode to Jane Austen, but make it queer! The style and color pop off the page with vibrant hues reminiscent of the era. Queer teens will love being seen in this one, knowing that they have always existed.
I love that this is an ode to Jane Austen, but make it queer! The style and color pop off the page with vibrant hues reminiscent of the era. Queer teens will love being seen in this one, knowing that they have always existed.
A Dream of a Woman by Casey Plett
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
I really enjoyed Plett's narration of her work, portraying the complicated and messy emotion of her characters. It's honest and you can feel that as you listen to these stories unfold. Its sad, heartbreaking, and joyous at times. I am looking forward to reading more of Plett's writing as she is a definitive voice in trans literature.
Always the Almost by Edward Underhill
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me an e-arc for an honest review.
A powerful and emotional graphic novel memoir of living through history.
Takei has lived through so much history and has experienced the injustices of time like being imprisoned in the Japanese internment camps during WWII and living through Operation Wetback and the Aids Epidemic. These moments of history (plus others) are navigated with the utmost respect and emotional strife that strikes a resonating core to our collective human experience. It saddened me to feel the weight of Takei's lived experience, particularly the weight of hiding who he truly is for majority of his life. But it also filled me with immense joy to see glimpses of his love story with Brad in his later years, proving that it's never too late to find your soulmate.
We also see Takei's riveting acting career; from his roots in voice acting to his most influential role as Sulu in Star Trek. And in between acting gigs, his activism is effortlessly part of his life from political campaigns to theater start ups!
If there is only one memoir you read this year, let it be this one. It's a MUST read that will leave you with tears of hope in your heart.
A powerful and emotional graphic novel memoir of living through history.
Takei has lived through so much history and has experienced the injustices of time like being imprisoned in the Japanese internment camps during WWII and living through Operation Wetback and the Aids Epidemic. These moments of history (plus others) are navigated with the utmost respect and emotional strife that strikes a resonating core to our collective human experience. It saddened me to feel the weight of Takei's lived experience, particularly the weight of hiding who he truly is for majority of his life. But it also filled me with immense joy to see glimpses of his love story with Brad in his later years, proving that it's never too late to find your soulmate.
We also see Takei's riveting acting career; from his roots in voice acting to his most influential role as Sulu in Star Trek. And in between acting gigs, his activism is effortlessly part of his life from political campaigns to theater start ups!
If there is only one memoir you read this year, let it be this one. It's a MUST read that will leave you with tears of hope in your heart.