unforth_duckprintspress's Reviews (1.13k)

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The pacing kinda fell off a cliff near the end. I wish more space had been devoted to Freddy making up for all the times she'd been a terrible friend. As it is the side characters end up feeling like window dressing in her story which was like. Precisely the problem since the beginning and it doesn't actually get fixed.
challenging emotional hopeful informative lighthearted 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: No

I had no idea what this was about beyond being queer and I was a little surprised but it was good. I've only had bugs once - salt-and-vinegar crickets - and this makes me want to try again.
adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
funny lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny informative inspiring slow-paced
emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

I feel like I'm not truly well-read enough to understand many of the literary allusions (I'm familiar with Wilde, but I've not read and Proust, Camus, or Joyce...) but it was still interesting. I feel liked I get more out of it if I knew more, tho.
adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Liked this much more than I expected to.
challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

There is so much in this memoir I relate to. It makes me feel very seen.