Alicia Tuckerman
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- Kansalaisuus
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In some ways this book was exactly what I was expecting, and in other ways it completely wasn't. The bits that I expected I loved; the bits that were unexpected were very meh to me. I expected a lesbian coming of age in small town Australia. I expected homophobia and a struggle between being true to yourself and conforming to the expectations of lifelong friends and family. I didn't expect a manic-pixie-dream-girl and the TFIOS twist.
Alex's experiences with her family and friends just... tore my heart into tiny little pieces.
But I didn't particularly like Phoenix. I didn't feel a strong connection between them. (Lust, yes.) I didn't like the pressure Phoenix put on Alex to come out, when Alex knew her community and their backwards attitudes and Phoenix was an outsider with her own independent support network.
And the whole TFIOS twist felt like it cheapened everything else Alex went through. It felt like the author looked at all the horrible things Alex had thrown at her by her family and friends and decided "Nah, that's not bad enough. Not emotional enough. Gotta throw some