A review by marymanor
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. I thought I'd like it - it ticked all the right boxes, but it went beyond expectations and totally floored me! Anyone who has any connection with the themes of this.book would be well advised to have a read. I'll definitely be putting it in my recommended list for my 10th grade independent reading, but given the age of Juliet (19 in 2002), it's a lovely book for all of us almost 40 (or a bit older) types who remember the struggle of navigating feminism in the 90s. As a white woman, I took different lessons from this could have been preachy but totally wasn't read, and I'd recommend it to anyone 13-57, queer or not, POC or white. It stands up well.