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A review by horourke
Valencia by Michelle Tea
3.0
There’s nowhere to go :/
Interesting piece of (fictionalized) queer history. Though it was hard to tell how much of the story was emblematic of SF’s queer punk scene in the ‘90s and how much of it was due to the narrator and her friends being shitty. While a wild ride, I can’t help but think it’s not wholly representative of the environment in which it’s set. I do envy the abundant, shameless dyke culture, but I fear I would not thrive in that environment. I don’t envy the narrator nor her lifestyle of reckless love affairs, drunken nights and hard drugs. Not sure I loved the writing style either. Overall pretty OK. My copy was also set in an ugly sans serif font and that detracted from my reading experience.
Interesting piece of (fictionalized) queer history. Though it was hard to tell how much of the story was emblematic of SF’s queer punk scene in the ‘90s and how much of it was due to the narrator and her friends being shitty. While a wild ride, I can’t help but think it’s not wholly representative of the environment in which it’s set. I do envy the abundant, shameless dyke culture, but I fear I would not thrive in that environment. I don’t envy the narrator nor her lifestyle of reckless love affairs, drunken nights and hard drugs. Not sure I loved the writing style either. Overall pretty OK. My copy was also set in an ugly sans serif font and that detracted from my reading experience.