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The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

23 reviews

walrus420's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad

• 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, Racism, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Minor: Medical content

leahkarge's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

emily_mh's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

I don’t really feel capable of giving a proper, detailed review of this book because I am simply in awe of it. Just know that it is a perfect book about queerness, lesbians pining for each other, a gorgeous sibling relationship, celebrating every part of who you are, complicated families, mental health, the trauma of religious bigotry, being Brown and queer in a majority allocishet white space, forced separation from family, relearning to trust, rebonding with loved ones, simple and massive moments of joy, and ultimately, hope. I loved reading every second of it. 

My favourite quote was: “I can’t make him love himself. The closest I can get is loving myself unapologetically right in front of him.” 

Rep: lesbian Chicana MC, lesbian Chinese-American LI, bisexual Chicano SC, Native American (Navajo) SC, queer Black SC 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Deportation

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: forced separation from family, disownment, suicidal ideation Minor: loss of a loved one, colourism, one use of the Spanish homophobic m-slur, one use of the lesbophobic d-slur

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Beautifully heartwarming 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Hate crime, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, and Colonisation

toffishay's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

3.5

This was a really emotional read! I felt very connected to Yamilet as I think many young women of color who went to a predominantly white institution will. Her struggles against racism (institutional and interpersonal), homophobia, sexism and unfair/unequal familial expectations, and her strong desire to be able to just live as herself, made this a very compelling and relatable read. I also like the way that her family life is fleshed out and many of the other characters in her school and her home life are able to grow and have some additional dimension. I think that the book dragged a little at the end. We were approaching wrap up and then another piece of plot happened that felt a little too tacked on and Hallmark-y. But it is a YA story and I think it would be something that a teenager would enjoy being incorporated. A really nice read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Classism, and Deportation

drink4horror's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Deportation

Moderate: Xenophobia, Medical content, and Classism

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation

dhwani's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

it's difficult to write a review for The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School. it's like,, i feel this book so deeply, but i've never experienced anything like it. i've fallen in love many times, but i've never felt a kiss like this, and i'm not sure where to begin or how to talk about it. 

i'll probably start with this: we often forget that the world is still not queer-friendly outside of social media, and sometimes not even here. yet we continue to love, be ourselves, live as a community, and live as this incredibly huge family despite not knowing every queer person out here. that, i believe, is one of my favorite parts of being queer.

the book is the journey of Yamilet (Yami) Flores when she joins a catholic school to keep an eye on her brother Cesar who always seemed to be getting into fights in their previous school and run away from Bianca, her ex-bestfriend who outed her and made her first coming-out experience living hell

Yami's only goal in the new school is to stay closeted and never make the same mistake of coming out again, until she meets Bo. Bo who stands up for herself, is charming, compassionate, friendly, kind and gorgeous. 
she's the only openly gay person at school and Yami finds herself getting drawn towards her. but mission stay closeted remember??😭

this book has everything you expect from a queer YA book: the messy teen characters as well as the queer joy from using the word “lesbian” for the first time. it's the freedom that comes with wearing rainbow socks and putting pride pins on your schoolbag.

i have a younger brother and every Yami-Cesar scene made me think of my love for him; their duo was so beautiful and their love was written so intricately like they were the only two jigsaw pieces that made up a puzzle and nothing else mattered and no other pattern fit other than them, beside each other always, making a whole together. it is very rare to see familial bond being given a greater importance in front of romantic love in YA books, but reading about Yami and Cesar brought tears to my eyes.
it was my favourite part <3

the book depicts the life of a Mexican person at white-dominated spaces, the unconditional love of a parent for their children, the power that comes with putting your feelings first, the first love that comes with butterflies and looks like a field full of roses as well as the accurately portrayed importance of mental health and well-being.

in conclusion, i highly recommend this book but please check tws before reading please!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Deportation

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia