A review by perilouspages
Forward March by Skye Quinlan
5.0
“your parents are who they are, harper. they dug their graves, and someday they’re going to have to lie in them. i’ll imagine they’ll have regrets when they do, but you don’t have to have this regrets. you are more than capable of learning from their mistakes, and knowing not to repeat them. to hell with all those articles, and just, forward march. because that’s not who are. don’t you ever let your parents hold you back.”
this book has heart!! reading is about love, all forms of it, and this book was completely that. platonic love, friendships that crack and tear but also friendships that are there for you. familial love, hatred for those who hurt you but love for those who will always be family. romantic love, and discovering what it means!! romantic love that only a canonically chaotic asexual lesbian could ever truly invent for herself. (sorry micah i’m stealing your brand of canonically chaotic bisexuals it’s canonically chaotic ace lesbians now.)
like most messy young adult books, this book is confusing and painful but so loving!! harper is a band geek, and daughter of not only the dean of her school, but also the republican presidential candidate: her dad. she is notoriously awkward, she loves music, she cares about her friends a lot, she lives life trying to not forget her inhaler, and just?? can i be her best friend? when margot, a punk lesbian from canada with a french accent and a family also involved in politics, catches her off guard, letting her know of a fake tinder profile someone made in harper’s name, harper is royally screwed. like i said, mess. but messes? they lead to margot.
this book isn’t purely romance but i loved margot! specifically read the audiobook for margot because of the accent the narrator does. the center of this story is harper and margot and friendship breakups and politics and music. the center of this story is happiness, and learning it and relearning it. it’s coming to terms with who you are. it’s breathing and cutting yourself off only to find yourself in somewhere new! i’m doing such a bad job at explaining it but. this book was beautiful. bookstagram needs to hop on this one!!
thank you for my two true loves naomi and meilin for reading this after me and loving it too. <3
content warnings: anxiety, depression, mentions of self-harm, alcoholism, being outed
this book has heart!! reading is about love, all forms of it, and this book was completely that. platonic love, friendships that crack and tear but also friendships that are there for you. familial love, hatred for those who hurt you but love for those who will always be family. romantic love, and discovering what it means!! romantic love that only a canonically chaotic asexual lesbian could ever truly invent for herself. (sorry micah i’m stealing your brand of canonically chaotic bisexuals it’s canonically chaotic ace lesbians now.)
like most messy young adult books, this book is confusing and painful but so loving!! harper is a band geek, and daughter of not only the dean of her school, but also the republican presidential candidate: her dad. she is notoriously awkward, she loves music, she cares about her friends a lot, she lives life trying to not forget her inhaler, and just?? can i be her best friend? when margot, a punk lesbian from canada with a french accent and a family also involved in politics, catches her off guard, letting her know of a fake tinder profile someone made in harper’s name, harper is royally screwed. like i said, mess. but messes? they lead to margot.
this book isn’t purely romance but i loved margot! specifically read the audiobook for margot because of the accent the narrator does. the center of this story is harper and margot and friendship breakups and politics and music. the center of this story is happiness, and learning it and relearning it. it’s coming to terms with who you are. it’s breathing and cutting yourself off only to find yourself in somewhere new! i’m doing such a bad job at explaining it but. this book was beautiful. bookstagram needs to hop on this one!!
thank you for my two true loves naomi and meilin for reading this after me and loving it too. <3
content warnings: anxiety, depression, mentions of self-harm, alcoholism, being outed