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A review by asaph95
What We Left Behind by Robin Talley
1.0
I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
First things first, I was so excited to read a book about these particular themes, on the one hand, dealing with a long-distance relationship but more importantly, to learn more about what it means to be genderqueer. I probably should have read the reviews first, because I didn't learn much. I disliked most of the characters, they came across as pretty one-dimensional to me. I particularly disliked T, I don't know why, I just couldn't connect with her/him/T and a lot of what she/he/T did and said annoyed me. But there were a few aspects of the story that I enjoyed, particularly the pain and hurt they both felt as they left for university. I shouldn't have enjoyed those parts, should I? Oh well!
Full review on my blog:
http://originalbooker.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/what-we-left-behind-robin-talley.html
First things first, I was so excited to read a book about these particular themes, on the one hand, dealing with a long-distance relationship but more importantly, to learn more about what it means to be genderqueer. I probably should have read the reviews first, because I didn't learn much. I disliked most of the characters, they came across as pretty one-dimensional to me. I particularly disliked T, I don't know why, I just couldn't connect with her/him/T and a lot of what she/he/T did and said annoyed me. But there were a few aspects of the story that I enjoyed, particularly the pain and hurt they both felt as they left for university. I shouldn't have enjoyed those parts, should I? Oh well!
Full review on my blog:
http://originalbooker.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/what-we-left-behind-robin-talley.html