deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Homophobia, and Infidelity
Moderate: Drug use, Racism, and Cancer
Minor: Death, Transphobia, and Sexual content
luananki's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Racism, Cancer, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Drug use, and Infidelity
Minor: Transphobia, Death, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
bookish_afrolatina's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Review:
I gave this book 3 stars because I can see how the representation on the page may positively impact queer teens today. Unfortunately, the plot dragged quite a bit and couldn’t keep my attention. It took me quite some time to finish this book despite it being in verse. While I can remember making dumb mistakes like Mack as a teen, reading about it was a bit annoying because I couldn’t connect with Mack. It seemed like his entire personality was focused on crushes, his dad/parents, and his friends. He didn’t have anything he really liked aside from wearing make up from time to time. It would have been nice to see him have something he’s passionate about. If that was make-up, maybe writing about Mack watching tutorials online a lot or doing his own. It just seemed like everyone else had a hobby or passion aside from him.
This book was just okay.
Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Homophobia
leonormsousa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Racism, and Terminal illness
cwatson1234's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Homophobia
utopiastateofmind's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Only on the Weekends is a story where I just allowed myself to be swept away. So many times I wasn't sure where it was going, but Atta always lead us in the right direction. It's one of those books where the messiness of life, mistakes, and love are on display. For Mack, he has these expectations of what love will be like. What it will feel like for his crush to notice him. That when it happens, things don't feel real or like he expected. And that's the thing with expectations. They never happen like what we suspect.
In this world, for a black gay teen it is dangerous for them to exist. To have the racism of people following their movements in stores, or the homophobia which haunts their decisions. And everyone is at different stages of their own journey. Of life altering decisions we make and things about us we didn't want to see. We can think we are being honest, and we can be trying to, but when we hide things also from ourselves, transparency becomes clouded.
Moderate: Racism and Homophobia
antonique_reads's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Racism
Minor: Homophobia
lettuce_read's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia
agathecadieux's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
This was a beautiful read, as always with Dean Atta. The writing is incredible and the characters are lovely. I didn't connect as much with the story as I did with Black flamingo, and I didn't really liked the relationships, even though I think this was the goal of the book. I still liked this story and recommand it!
Ce livre était une lecture magnifique, comme toujours avec Dean Atta. L'écriture est incroyable, et les personnages attachants. Je n'ai toutefois pas autant connecté avec l'histoire comme ça avait été le cas avec Black Flamingo, et je n'ai pas vraiment aimé les relations amoureuses, bien que je pense que cela était un peu le but du livre. J'ai tout de même aimé l'histoire et je la recommande!
Thank you to the publishers for allowing me to review this book!
Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, Drug use, Fatphobia, Death, Grief, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship