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The Loophole by Naz Kutub
if i had a nickel for every time i got ted lasso jamie tartt ending’d i’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice right?
anyway uhhhh stop forgiving your abusive fathers so easily y’all. as a queer muslim who just realized respecting your parents doesn’t mean disrespecting yourself and your peace… that ending was uhhh something
also sir how were you dating an activist and still said stuff like “it all felt too far away to care about” like where is the empathy… the islamic sense of justice…
anyway i did like the focus on friendship tho, that was p nice. even if it was kind of only at the end. idk. brain scrambled eggs.
3.0
anyway uhhhh stop forgiving your abusive fathers so easily y’all. as a queer muslim who just realized respecting your parents doesn’t mean disrespecting yourself and your peace… that ending was uhhh something
also sir how were you dating an activist and still said stuff like “it all felt too far away to care about” like where is the empathy… the islamic sense of justice…
anyway i did like the focus on friendship tho, that was p nice. even if it was kind of only at the end. idk. brain scrambled eggs.
Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin
4.5
a muslim romcom w a shakespeare ref in the title? ofc i loved it
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G., J.R. Zuckerberg
as someone who thought they knew everything abt being trans and queer (as a queer trans person w a love of researching) i actually learned a lot from reading this, so if you think you won’t gain anything from a basic guide, i’d still suggest checking it out
The Last Love Song by Kalie Holford
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
3.75
Thank you to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I thought this was a really cute read, all about following your dreams while staying true to yourself. How one person’s story doesn’t define how you should write your own. How two journeys can be completely opposite yet still have the same underlying path.
I will admit I did cry through the last, like, three chapters of the book. I love stories about messy characters, especially ones like Mia, and I think the characters were all super distinct and deep. I especially love all the queer sapphic rep and the three generations of sapphic women within the same family. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that in any piece of media before and I appreciated it very much.
The only thing I’ll say is that the pacing felt a little off for me. It felt like things were going too fast at times, but everything evened out in the end. Overall, I think this is a quick, easy read for anyone looking for a mother-daughter story, and for anyone too scared to chase a dream.
I thought this was a really cute read, all about following your dreams while staying true to yourself. How one person’s story doesn’t define how you should write your own. How two journeys can be completely opposite yet still have the same underlying path.
I will admit I did cry through the last, like, three chapters of the book. I love stories about messy characters, especially ones like Mia, and I think the characters were all super distinct and deep. I especially love all the queer sapphic rep and the three generations of sapphic women within the same family. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that in any piece of media before and I appreciated it very much.
The only thing I’ll say is that the pacing felt a little off for me. It felt like things were going too fast at times, but everything evened out in the end. Overall, I think this is a quick, easy read for anyone looking for a mother-daughter story, and for anyone too scared to chase a dream.