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A review by comfsp
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
5.0
(kinda funny how i was reading this on my period)
THIS WAS AMAZING
now, I'm no woman and I do not feel any connection to that word and identity, but I do like to think myself a feminist. However this book made me think about and dive deeper into questions I was certain I had the answers for.
As an Eastern-European white person I never had any Black and Brown folks in my immediate environment, but Harlowe's association of the Bronx with violence made me really think about how we've been tought to think about roma people for example. I remember i had a romani friend in elementary school and my mom's first reaction was to ban me from being friends bc "what if she steals my stuff".
It was great seeing Juliet explore gender and womanhood in a new light and discovering the diversity of queer people. As a trans person i never associated having a uterus with being a woman, but many people from my family still think i'm delusional and that is just not how the world works. seeing someone being curious and actually retaining anything of what people tell them was a breath of fresh air.
LOVE this book, love Juliet and Ava's look on life and i can't wait to see more from this author
THIS WAS AMAZING
now, I'm no woman and I do not feel any connection to that word and identity, but I do like to think myself a feminist. However this book made me think about and dive deeper into questions I was certain I had the answers for.
As an Eastern-European white person I never had any Black and Brown folks in my immediate environment, but
It was great seeing Juliet explore gender and womanhood in a new light and discovering the diversity of queer people. As a trans person i never associated having a uterus with being a woman, but many people from my family still think i'm delusional and that is just not how the world works. seeing someone being curious and actually retaining anything of what people tell them was a breath of fresh air.
LOVE this book, love Juliet and Ava's look on life and i can't wait to see more from this author