A review by starkov
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I LOVED THIS AND HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT !!! Listen to the people hyping it up, they were in fact correct !!!

This book is very well written, I got very invested in the main characters and their stories and always wanted to continue reading. I feel like you could tell the author did the research too! The timelines were very interesting and gave a perspective/information I would’ve otherwise lacked. The throwback chapter POVs were cool too, and I liked that they were quite few because then they gave depth but didn’t take away from the main story POV of Lily. 

I was rooting for Lily and Kath so much and I got so excited when they finally kissed !!! I really felt for them both and was so sad when the club was raided and the aftermaths of this. The epilogue being a year after shocked me a bit and I was initially annoyed at this but after finishing it, I think it made a lot of sense. Although I probably would’ve liked a liiiittle more information. How did they start getting in contact again after Lily moved! What were the first letters like! Let me know let me know!!! A few letters would’ve been amazing bonus material. I’m really happy they managed to stay in contact though. It would’ve been such an evil end of their relationship if not :(


The last timeline made me cry. I’m so happy they both managed to stay on a path to make their career dreams come true. Everything will be okay :((( <3