gabbyreadswithtea's review
3.0
*WARNING: Spoilers in this review.*
Favourite Character: Tyler.
Wow. When I thought of sexuality I kind of just thought of gay, lesbian, straight and trans*. This short story has definitely opened my eyes to other sexualities and people.
It was really hard for me to find a favourite character in this one- unfortunately I didn't know much about anyone to compare to the others. But I settled with Tyler. He just seemed understanding as soon as he heard that Shane was asexual. The others seemed to be wary and question him. I didn't feel that Tyler did that.
Looking on the side at the 'Popular Shelves' next to the book description I saw one of the tags were m/m. So that was what I prepared for, but it wasn't (Obviously).
Wasn't my favourite short story, but good enough to keep me entertained and really informative and different.
Note: I don't think I'll add this to my 2013 reading challenge, so I finished this book on the 3/1/2013
Favourite Character: Tyler.
Wow. When I thought of sexuality I kind of just thought of gay, lesbian, straight and trans*. This short story has definitely opened my eyes to other sexualities and people.
It was really hard for me to find a favourite character in this one- unfortunately I didn't know much about anyone to compare to the others. But I settled with Tyler. He just seemed understanding as soon as he heard that Shane was asexual. The others seemed to be wary and question him. I didn't feel that Tyler did that.
Looking on the side at the 'Popular Shelves' next to the book description I saw one of the tags were m/m. So that was what I prepared for, but it wasn't (Obviously).
Wasn't my favourite short story, but good enough to keep me entertained and really informative and different.
Note: I don't think I'll add this to my 2013 reading challenge, so I finished this book on the 3/1/2013
trickingloki's review
4.0
"Being gay was more acceptable than not being anything."
This resonated with me more than I thought it would. I remember when LGBTQA had the A standing for asexual - then it changed to asexual/ally - then most people assumed it was ally - then the acronym changed again. This short novella does a great job of revealing the way asexuals are marginalized by those closest to them. Those people rarely mean it maliciously, they just don't understand. Asexuals face erasure of their sexuality in the LGBTQ* community still, and among friends, and that needs to change.
This resonated with me more than I thought it would. I remember when LGBTQA had the A standing for asexual - then it changed to asexual/ally - then most people assumed it was ally - then the acronym changed again. This short novella does a great job of revealing the way asexuals are marginalized by those closest to them. Those people rarely mean it maliciously, they just don't understand. Asexuals face erasure of their sexuality in the LGBTQ* community still, and among friends, and that needs to change.
scarlett_r_90's review
5.0
It's great to see a book about asexuality, which is in disgracefully few books really. The description of asexuality is really clear, and it displays the struggle of having an uncommon sexuality on top of the normal tribulations caused by being a teen. His family were so brilliant too!
scarlett__r90's review
5.0
It's great to see a book about asexuality, which is in disgracefully few books really. The description of asexuality is really clear, and it displays the struggle of having an uncommon sexuality on top of the normal tribulations caused by being a teen. His family were so brilliant too!
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