J

overall worth the listen

Revisado: 11-16-21

I did enjoy this book since it’s a nice YA coming-of-age story that focuses on finding and keeping your authenticity of self but also first love, faith, friendship, and family. However, there are some major conflicts within the story that I feel aren’t talked about with enough seriousness such as the vileness of an out person actively trying to dissuade a person newly coming to terms with their sexuality of coming out (and even being hopeful that fear and anxiety will keep them in the closet). Not to mention the horrors of the protagonist’s father ordering his daughter to hide herself as well. The book does touch on why these things are wrong but not with the gravity they deserve IMHO. I also wish it were a little longer and had gone into more depth about the lives of the characters being out in their small town. But I did still quite enjoy the book and its characters.

Narrator was fantastic with a variety of entertaining voices and an enjoyable cadence. My only criticism of the narrator is her inclusion of a number of very strange and long pauses at seemingly random moments.

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