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Dragging Mason County is getting it's first drag show. Mason County could have been written about the town I live in. This book is funny, inclusive and deals with real issues teens face.
Alan is a larger-than-life character. He's very comfortable with himself and has goals he wants to meet. He kind of bulldozes the people around him to get what he wants. He's the type of character you want to love and strangle at the same time.
I really sympathized with Peter... to an extent. To his friends, he's not gay enough; to his parents, he's too gay; to his peers, he's a heartless villain. He reaches his emotional threshold because of all of these circumstances, this new guy crush Lorne and Peter's uncomfortableness in his own skin. But Peter also has a lot of growing up to do.
I wasn't a fan of the "enlightened" Lorne, but there always needs to be a douchebag you can roll your eyes at. Bailey, Tilley and Cora are great secondary characters.
I feel this is an excellent time for a book like this to be published in our current social and political climate. Alan said it best: "We are agents of change, are we not? Being an agent of change means painting a target on your back sometimes and hoping that what lands is social advancement." Dragging Mason County is just the book this country needs.
Thank you NetGalley and the Annick Press for providing an advanced reader copy of the book for an honest review. Any quote(s) used in my review have been uncorrected.
Alan is a larger-than-life character. He's very comfortable with himself and has goals he wants to meet. He kind of bulldozes the people around him to get what he wants. He's the type of character you want to love and strangle at the same time.
I really sympathized with Peter... to an extent. To his friends, he's not gay enough; to his parents, he's too gay; to his peers, he's a heartless villain. He reaches his emotional threshold because of all of these circumstances, this new guy crush Lorne and Peter's uncomfortableness in his own skin. But Peter also has a lot of growing up to do.
I wasn't a fan of the "enlightened" Lorne, but there always needs to be a douchebag you can roll your eyes at. Bailey, Tilley and Cora are great secondary characters.
I feel this is an excellent time for a book like this to be published in our current social and political climate. Alan said it best: "We are agents of change, are we not? Being an agent of change means painting a target on your back sometimes and hoping that what lands is social advancement." Dragging Mason County is just the book this country needs.
Thank you NetGalley and the Annick Press for providing an advanced reader copy of the book for an honest review. Any quote(s) used in my review have been uncorrected.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Bullying, and Homophobia
Minor: Suicide, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Alcohol, and Drug use
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