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Old Enough by Haley Jakobson

5 reviews

waitingforthesecondstar's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely loved this. The dissonance between the present and past was impeccable, and it set this really uncomfortable tone of "everything is normal" and also "nothing can really be normal again." A wonderful breadth of queer characters with complex identities in the story and on the page. A powerful gut punch on the topic of SA and violence against women. It made me seeth and sob. So very, very well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Homophobia, Drug use, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Alcohol

imstephtacular's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Blood, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Grief, Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Classism, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

madelinedalton's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Writing this review many months later, but this book is such a gift to survivors and adds to the current body of work about sexual assault/rape in a refreshing way. I still think about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Blood, Drug use, and Fatphobia

leefox's review

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Biphobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Drug use

emmas_bookshelf's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This. Book.

I want everyone to read it. It’s so poignant and moving and emotional but probably the top descriptor I would choose is real. There’s so much truth and earnestness in Sav as she works to unpack her trauma and allow herself to bloom. And the interactions with her friends, her classmates, her family, all come across in a way that you can imagine them, as if you’re sitting across the table taking in the conversations. What a gift Haley Jakobson has in writing honestly and reflectively about queer joy, friendship, found family, trauma, and more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Biphobia, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Drug use, and Domestic abuse