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Becoming a Queen by Dan Clay

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ashylibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense 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

4.25

Wow is this book full of heart and emotion. A beautifully written story that explores friendship, self-acceptance and -discovery, and grief (in the many facets of life). This is a book I will be thinking about for a while.

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angiimii's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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peskilanim's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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redslug_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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siggyo's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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sglance9's review

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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? Yes

5.0

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dogoodwithbooks's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

I would like to thank NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with a free audio e-ARC of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

After being dumped for performing in a dress during the school talent show, Mark feels that he’s too much for someone to love him. With the encouragement of his older brother, Eric, and new crush, Ezra, at the costume store, things might be turning up for him. Yet, Mark realizes that his brother has struggles that he doesn’t know about or what to do to help him. When he wears the dress he got when he first met Ezra, Mark realizes that the dress could help him be how he wants to be seen.

Becoming a Queen is a book that can be full of wit and charm at one point and heart-wrenching at another point. A stellar debut from Clay, this book really dives into themes of loss and self-discovery and that reflects into Mark’s character development. From the first page, I enjoyed having Mark as an MC and I think that his journey with faith, grief, and being who you want to be is really something readers can resonate with.

For the narration, Clay takes the honor as the sole narrator for this 10 hour and 40 minute audiobook that can be easily listened to at 1.25x. While Clay makes a bold choice with doing his own narration for Becoming a Queen, it ultimately works for him. Clay brings about all the laugh out loud and heart-wrenching emotions in this book to life as well as every other emotion in between. Since there are plenty of short chapters, this is an easy-to-listen audiobook that’s perfect for multi-tasking. My only critique of Clay’s narration is to work on creating distinct voices for the female characters.

Nevertheless, I think this is a really good read. If you’re looking for an emotion-filled, queer coming-of-age novel, you are going to love Becoming a Queen.

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