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Stránky pro tebe by Sylvia Brownrigg

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westonculture's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 I picked up this one because it has been reissued with a swishy retro cover and it's being touted as a lesbian classic - that I somehow missed upon its release in 2001. While it is full of literary references, I think I was expecting this to be more literary ie have more of a social or cultural conscience. It's really a first-love, college romance between a very green teenager and an older woman - which was pretty much nailed by Patricia Highsmith in the 1950s with The Price of Salt / Carol (albeit minus the college) and more recently, in Terry Castle's memoir, The Professor. Disappointing. The new cover IS lovely though.

allowvera's review against another edition

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3.0

I had no idea what to expect with this book which could be why I don't really know how I feel about it.

The writing style is beautiful. It is poetic and flows really well. However, something was missing. Perhaps emotion? The writing style reminded me a lot of You by Caroline Kepnes and Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman but without the emotional connection. The story line was also similar to that of Call Me By Your Name but I never connected emotionally with the heartbreak and the giddy love in this one.

With that being said, it was not a bad book. It portrayed first love beautifully and was only smutty enough to add to the story. It was really not explicit at all and I would go so far as to say acceptable for teenagers.

Overall I highly recommend this book to young LBGT readers but also anyone wanting a good short and sweet love story.

saraeward's review against another edition

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reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

readlikeanerd's review against another edition

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5.0

It was perfect and now my heart is heavy.

mxfrog's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.25

diamondolc's review against another edition

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1.0

Okay first of all, why do none of the reviews for this book mention the fact that it’s about an almost 30-year-old woman engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor???! And the author never addresses or critiques the ick of this?! It’s just supposed to be hot and romantic that she’s ~deflowering a minor~ like what the actual fuck?! I wouldn’t mind it if the author was self-aware of how problematic it is but it was only ever presented as a positive.

But even aside from that this book was just not good. Way over written. Literally nothing happens for about 90% of the book but the story is dragged out by cringily over-the-top prose. The main characters were also so annoyingly pretentious, while tone-deafly complaining about how pretentious their school is. Like uhhhh you both fit in just fine in that case.
It wasn’t good. Would not recommend.