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zoechatterton's review against another edition
5.0
By far my favorite book I've read this year. These are the stories I want to know about.
bananavc's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.75
i wished we got to here stories from people of other countries too but i think these were also so powerful
talypollywaly's review
funny
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia
literaryinfatuation's review
3.0
The stories are bittersweet; they have suffered so much in their pursuit of freedom to be themselves, to love and to survive. Poverty, discrimination, violence and substance abuse are common themes. But I say it’s bittersweet because they made a difference and found themselves, so it wasn’t all bad. I felt like a grew as a person by reading those stories but I just wished the author had interviewed a lesbian or transgender who identifies as a man or queer. I felt like those voices needed to be there. Those are the stories that seem to be hushed the most, ignored, forgotten. But like the author says in the book, it was never meant to portray the whole community but it was mostly a collection of histories of people they (Juliana) knew, their queer family. I loved the Spanglish and the reflection of different Latinx dialects.
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