Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

263 reviews

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Deportation

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

lily_sutton's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Outing, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content and Deportation

mostlykenny's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing !! If you’re into historical fiction and into queer discovery then I’d recommend this !! Also I’d recommend to read the Authors Note because it gives out some inspiring and informative information and history about what is like to be queer, Asian America, and most especially lesbian in the 1950s plus nineteen century. Please read this book. It is outstanding and  beautiful. 5 stars.  ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage

I was so happy that Kath and Lily found each other at the end in the Epilogue !! I’m so happy for them :)

teawitchontravel's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

My rating greatly differs from the masses, but the slowness of this book had me consider DNFing multiple times throughout it. The audio narration is greatly done, but very little happened. Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a solid queer awakening story. It simultaneously fails at trying to be more while also needing to be more dedicated to that purpose and needing to develop more facets that are only flimsily introduced and barely dived into. Lily learns of her own lesbianism and deals with the closedmindedness of her friends and family during an umaccepting time period for anyone LGBTQIA. The snippets of history connections and family pasts of Lily's relatives that are offered could be beneficial somehow, but as written those pieces felt distracting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

solarpunkopossum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Great book! I always appreciate a good lesbian historical fiction and it was a treat to learn a little about Chinese culture in 1960s San Francisco while I was at it. Great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Outing

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Racism

ekgranstro's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Deportation

Moderate: Sexual content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mostlyvoidpartiallystars's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was perhaps the best book I've read all year. From it's nuanced portrayal of teenaged lives, to the fear that coming of age as a queer teen during the Lavender Scare, to the dangers of being a Chinese American during the Red Scare. This doesn't gloss over the awfulness that 1950s America was, but it doesn't sensationalize it, either. Genuinely one of the most beautiful representations of human beings grappling with a difficult world, despite being flawed themselves, and how love changes us. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, and Deportation

Minor: Violence and War

dev921's review against another edition

emotional informative tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, War, Classism, and Deportation

pinetree_reads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I found that the book was a good middle ground but not something I was obsessed over.
In the beginning I found it quite boring, since it had too much description of things for my taste and I nearly put it down. Only around chapter 8 I felt like it was going somewhere.

I know that the relationship between Lily and Kath is not the only focal point of the story but I still found it quite short. It didn't feel rushed but was missing.
Making it okay to continue reading but not a necessity born from curiosity about how the story would end.

That said I know I'm not the target group since I'm white so take everything with a grain of salt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, and War