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Last night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
53 reviews
rynaissanceenby'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation
Minor: Forced institutionalization
awesome_archaeology'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
Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, and War
Minor: Bullying and Forced institutionalization
ottercorg'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? It's complicated
4.5
I truly love Lo's writing style, especially the callbacks to earlier moments via parentheses between text. It's a simple detail that I just ate up. I admire Lo for her commitment to research in writing this book, and then for sharing her findings after her story ended. I think I'll definitely find myself reading more of her books in the future.
Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Deportation
adalinemccormick'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Deportation
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality
clarkg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Homophobia, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Deportation
Minor: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual harassment
mbzoller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
It was not as atmospheric as I anticipated but I feel that it put to story and page how it would be to be other in myriad ways. It was subtle, beautifully written, and painfully blunt at times.
Moderate: Outing
Minor: Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment
aysha_blake'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
4.75
Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Deportation
Moderate: Xenophobia, Grief, and War
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy
gilnean'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation
Moderate: Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, War, and Classism
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
some_random_person_hi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Racism, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Deportation
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, and War
Underage drinking & underage smoking. (Not explicitly condemned in text.)