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richy_qu33r_readzz's review
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
A different telling than the tv show or graphic novel, and likely the truest account. Very teens in the 90’s. I really enjoyed the last bit where their career is starting.
It’s great to see 90’s queer stories and the mental hoops we jumped through to avoid labels. Reminds me to have compassion for people that are going through that now.
It’s great to see 90’s queer stories and the mental hoops we jumped through to avoid labels. Reminds me to have compassion for people that are going through that now.
Graphic: Drug use and Violence
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
thegoldendragoness's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
This was a good memoir. I personally didn’t enjoy it much because I felt like my experiences as a teen are so separate from anything sara and tegan experienced. While I don’t need to relate to the people in the memoir in order to enjoy it, it still felt too removed from anything in my sphere. The writing was excellent though, and I imagine many others will be able to enjoy it more than me!
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Violence, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
kpwxx's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Drug use and Homophobia
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Violence, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Biphobia, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Alcohol
finesilkflower's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Tegan and Sara Quin both have a similar prose style that is at times flowery but emotionally honest, and effective at evoking of the highs and lows teenagerhood: the joy of creation and of falling in love; the fraught relationship between sisters; the heartache of breakups; the excitement of exploring music, drugs, and sex; the stuck suburban longing for something more. This book does not paint this time period in a rosy way - the Quins have not forgotten the turmoil and confusion of leaving the nest and not knowing how things will turn out - but other former teen 1990s alternative lesbians will find recognition in the music references and perfectly remembered moments of queer becoming. I think at times that the authors are a little too allergic to nostalgia, tempering all their past moments of triumph and joy with present-day weary warnings about how it won't last and how their past selves don't know how much difficulty they have ahead of them, and a little more leaning into the positive might have made the book feel more balanced and less dreary.
Moderate: Drug use and Homophobia
Minor: Violence and Vomit
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