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thaoeatworld's review against another edition
3.0
The art was beautiful, the sheer honesty of a queer coming-of-age story was intense, but there were sometimes where I legitimately had to force myself to keep reading. I’m not sure what it was exactly, but sometimes it really felt almost too intense to jump into. I felt like I had a very similar experience growing up with my identity, and yet, it felt difficult for me to immerse myself into it. Still highly recommend.
ilovetoreadsomuch1234's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
lbeller7's review against another edition
5.0
This book was everything. So beautifully drawn. Extremely relatable. If you are passionate about feminism,lgbtq identities, gender studies, coming of age stores, music used to heal, working against cultural and religious systematic intolerance, READ THIS BOOK!
circularcubes's review against another edition
4.0
My friend Vanessa lent me her copy of this book and told me I had to read it. It's been sitting around on my bookshelf for months - I finally picked it up because the semester is ending and I needed to give the book back to my friend. I wasn't entirely sure I would like the book before I picked it up (I'm generally /drawn/ to things that are more aesthetically pleasing) but I ended up really, really liking it. I had never been a rebellious, punk, queer teenager (I was introverted and struggling to pin down my sense of self, and not overly attracted to anyone at all). Nevertheless, reading Spit and Passion, I FELT everything that Cristy C. Road struggled with. I felt that adolescent alienation and longing for a future when you can just be yourself, and I felt the extremes that we can take our first passions to. I was really taken in by this graphic novel, and I'm really glad my friend told me to read this.
kirstythelesbrarian's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Sexual content
Minor: Homophobia
chelseamartinez's review against another edition
5.0
I'm not sure if this would be as endearing to a reader who was not a Latin middle schooler who was obsessed with Green Day (for the music and their queer politics) at just the moment. But I think it would be. The illustrations are incredible, capturing the deliberate AND undeliberate griminess of adolescence, the randomness of getting great teachers and then losing them, and what loving a band was like before the internet.
obtuseblues's review against another edition
5.0
really enjoyed this. beautiful artwork. thought this was such an intimate, thoughtful, and accurate recounting of exploring and coming into one's queerness as a person of color. cristy road's graphic novel about being a cuban-american queer person growing up in miami really reminded me of my friend, who i will recommend this book to, which warmed my heart. i loved seeing how they navigated adolescence and the importance music and alternativeness was to them. reading this, i saw a lot of myself in it with a lot of similar parallels circumstance-wise but also with cristy's relationship to music. adolescence is the time that music really was at the forefront of my life, seeing me in a way that i didn't feel seen or heard at that time, essentially being my saving grace. i wasn't as immersed in the music culture itself because i liked indie music and that scene has always felt so very white to me, but the music was still important. all this to say, great read, will probably buy a copy of my own.
choirqueer's review against another edition
5.0
A passionate, delightful, vibrant graphic memoir of a queer teen who is obsessed with Green Day. As a queer former teen who also likes Green Day a lot, I enjoyed this book a lot.