Reviews tagging 'Outing'

The Secret of You and Me by Melissa Lenhardt

4 reviews

jcxjab's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

wow. what do i say? this book captivated me immediately. the writing leaves you wanting to know ever little detail of every incident that happened in this small town setting. i’m speechless. i loved all of this. i think more representation about queer stories and adults is needed and lenhardt did just that. 
nora and sophia were lovers as teenagers, something i’ve experienced myself, and it’s hard especially when there’s an expectation. i loved it. although i did find the story to drag on a little bit too much. but at the same time i felt as if when you thought things would be resolved, they simply weren’t and the problems expanded. i loved the messiness of this book. huge trigger warnings, check tags. 
edit: this book is written by a straight woman. updated review: 2.0 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Outing

charnyreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

gtrue21's review against another edition

3.5

This isn’t my favorite queer romance, but it feels very realistic. The constraints of living in a small conservative town and not being able to realize your identity until later in life is a very real thing for a lot of LGBTQIA+ folks, and at the same time, sometimes you just want them to be happy without having to deal with oppression and societal expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

marx's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

this book is better written than 90% of f/f romance novels (not a high bar) but the plot is completely unbearable. just want to mention the extremely funny fact that the book constantly alludes to the ex-military protagonist’s career in a Shadowy American Intelligence Agency without revealing what she actually does for work. folks, the deep state is infiltrating our lesbian fiction. 

(also there are no sex scenes in this. booooo hissss) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Not all of this is handled sensitively ESPECIALLY the racism