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A review by noellesmagicallibrary
Dragging Mason County by Curtis Campbell
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
A book about teen drag queens?! Hell yeah! The description and the cover had me hyped but unfortunately, my expectations were not met. Mainly because I could not stand the main character. He was horrible. And yeah, I guess that’s the whole point of the story— he goes on this journey of self discovery— but he was insufferable for 90% of the book.
I loooved the drag show scenes and Aggie Culture. The secondary characters were all pretty awesome but there were a lot of them and it was hard for me to keep them separated in my head.
This is a queer story (obviously) and as for that, I can’t relate to some of the character’s experiences/thoughts. So is this an accurate description of a queer high school experience? Yeah, maybe. It probably is relatable to some people and I hope that group can find comfort in reading this.
(I had a copy of the eARC but didn’t read before the pub date so I borrowed the audio from my library) The narrator was good and had different voices for a bunch of characters. But there was one scene early on where there was a flashback and I had trouble recognizing that over audio. It was much more clear when I went back to that part in the print version.
I loooved the drag show scenes and Aggie Culture. The secondary characters were all pretty awesome but there were a lot of them and it was hard for me to keep them separated in my head.
This is a queer story (obviously) and as for that, I can’t relate to some of the character’s experiences/thoughts. So is this an accurate description of a queer high school experience? Yeah, maybe. It probably is relatable to some people and I hope that group can find comfort in reading this.
(I had a copy of the eARC but didn’t read before the pub date so I borrowed the audio from my library) The narrator was good and had different voices for a bunch of characters. But there was one scene early on where there was a flashback and I had trouble recognizing that over audio. It was much more clear when I went back to that part in the print version.