Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

8 reviews

taylorsevalia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Loved the small town vibes and coming of age queer story! This year, I started to gravitate more towards audiobooks after it took me years to find the kind of audiobooks I like. I’m happy to say I decided to listen to the audiobook first because this is the best one I’ve read! I need Hayley Kiyoko to narrate all the books from now on and for me to read more books that tell stories as atmospherically as this one did! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug use, Violence, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Death of parent, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Outing, Cursing, Car accident, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, Classism, and Abortion

ceeshay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Homophobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Outing, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

33vee's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Outing, Suicide, and Death of parent

keraashley's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

Main love interest is kind of insufferable and I really wanted this to be light hearted and easy and happy, because girls like girls and it’s fine!! But no, Hayley made this plot so tough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Homophobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Drug use

changomarango's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

it seriously amazing, it made me cry, and it’s such a nice book if you’re looking for some wholesome but real wlw love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Suicide, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Suicide attempt, Outing, Gaslighting, Cursing, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

spec_tacles's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.5

It’s hard to give this a star rating, but although there are things that I think would make this book better, it hardly matters. What does matter to me is that this book has a lot of heart and deals with some queer themes and issues in a very resonant way. Not to mention, it was a super entertaining summer read, especially during Pride. 

My biggest criticism is that I wish there was more nuance at the end with (I’m going to be vague here) the topic of “running,” and that decision. I don’t think it’s always a simple yes/no, and it would’ve been nice to see an exploration of that. But like I said, it has a lot going for it. It’s just so cool to have this book by a favourite artist, and this expansion on the music video, that emotionally this is a 5. And it deserves that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Outing, Suicide attempt, Drug use, and Suicide

nightworldlove's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Really enjoyed the book, different than what I expected, but not necessarily in a bad way! It's not easy to make people feel so strongly about a, or multiple, characters. Loved the several references to different songs of Hayley Kiyoko, was a nice touch!

I've laughed, felt anxious, sad and outraged; definitely an emotional rollercoaster, so be prepared for that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gaslighting, Grief, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Violence and Vomit

theatrealpaca's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-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

4.0

Set in the days of AIM and flip phones, this book was sweet and bittersweet in turn. Coley and Sonya experience falling in love and discovering queerness through the summer before their senior year in high school. With a difficult ex and a mother that expects perfection, Sonya has a harder time accepting herself than Coley. Though Coley has her own hardships (the recent death of her mother and moving in with her estranged father), she helps herself and Sonya realize that their love doesn't make them wrong.

I sped through this book, absolutely enthralled to find out how it all turned out. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it made me remember how big every emotion felt at 17. Hayley Kiyoko did such a beautiful job of writing two flawed girls finding themselves and their love. I can't wait for her next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Outing, Sexual harassment, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide