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Qué bien tener referentes bolleros y disidentes en general. Mi yo de 30 años está feliz de seguir descubriendo, mi yo de 15 hubiera anhelado haberlo hecho antes.

mcpingeton's review against another edition

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2.0

This was a really beautifully written book. Very easy to imagine everything going on in the story. I had a lot of issues with the main character though. She was not very likeable and kind of frustrating.

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4.0

Close to perfection from a debut novel. I am thrilled to have six unread Sarah Waters novels waiting for me in the halls of queer excellence.

mac_attack's review against another edition

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fast-paced

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

3.0

Very much fuck kitty every day!!!

A pretty fast paced book chronicling the life of Nancy from the time she’s 17/18 until her mid-20s realizing her sexuality and gender identity in late 1880s-early 1890s England.

Love the drag king representation. Good Luck Babe by Chappen Roan is written for kitty. Fuck that old ass bitch too!!! Damn lesbians will go to a lesbian event and run into all their ex’s.

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2.0

To be honest I was quite disappointed. I was expecting a sweet lovestory between two girls, and I found myself immersed in a few quite disturbing scenarios. I mean, the first and third parts are ok, but the second!! Decidedly, this book did not do it for me.

sabrinabarkouli's review against another edition

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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

homeriser's review against another edition

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4.0

this was my second Sarah Waters book, the first one being Fingersmith, which i fell in love with deeply. this one, on the other hand, i didn’t feel very connected to, i think, because i didn’t care for the characters at all. i experienced and enjoyed Nancy’s yearning, feelings and desire for Kitty, but found, after that all, that I very much despised the latter, all the way up to their last scene together. i feel for her, seeing no development at all on her part, but also think it served to make Nancy’s stronger and all the more meaningful.

the characters i did enjoy, ended up weaving in and out of the story as well as Nancy’s life, my favorites being Billy-Boy, the lady from the Green Street house and her daughter (who i’m pretty sure was autistic, and very wholesome), Zena, and most of all, Florence and Ralph.

despite my inability to connect to the characters, i thoroughly enjoyed the depiction of the London queer scene, especially how we view it through various different lenses throughout the (many!) phases in Nancy’s life.

in regards to the final scenes, where Nancy finds herself among all the women she’s been with, to which i saw a lot of people disliked and regarded as cheesy or out of place, i found that i actually liked it. Tipping The Velvet, while being the story of Nancy’s discovery and understanding of her sexuality, is also about the blooming and evolution of her relationship with the stage as well as the art of presenting, and as readers, we’re constantly reminded of her viewing and moving through life as if it were her own spectacle, and i thought the ending quite fitting, as if seeing the whole cast for the last time before the curtains close.

overall, i enjoyed it. seeing gay girls referring to their girlfriends as sweethearts sure added a couple of years to the spectacle of my own life.

also, i’d marry Flo in a heartbeat.

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