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A review by hannahinpages
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
2.0
2.5
I really wanted to give Little and Lion three stars. I really did. The mental health rep and Jewish rep I have heard are very well done by own voices reviewers, and I loved the family dynamics. But I seriously can't get past the terrible bi representation. Like seriously, what the hell was that? Bisexuals in emotional cheating (and outright cheating) love triangles is such a tired trope and I'm sick of reading about that. Also really couldn't get past Suzette's best friend being so judgmental of her girlfriend for setting boundaries and (small spoiler) not wanting to be in an open relationship lol.
I am putting this on my queer and sapphic shelves, because it has queer and sapphic characters, but I truly think the queer rep is terrible. I wanted to put this in my future classroom due to the good rep it does have, but I feel the queer rep is damaging.
I really wanted to give Little and Lion three stars. I really did. The mental health rep and Jewish rep I have heard are very well done by own voices reviewers, and I loved the family dynamics. But I seriously can't get past the terrible bi representation. Like seriously, what the hell was that? Bisexuals in emotional cheating (and outright cheating) love triangles is such a tired trope and I'm sick of reading about that. Also really couldn't get past Suzette's best friend being so judgmental of her girlfriend for setting boundaries and (small spoiler) not wanting to be in an open relationship lol.
I am putting this on my queer and sapphic shelves, because it has queer and sapphic characters, but I truly think the queer rep is terrible. I wanted to put this in my future classroom due to the good rep it does have, but I feel the queer rep is damaging.