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Tell Me Once more How a Beat Should Feel is the kind of book that I need in my life.
CW: a queer person getting outed, a supporting pocket-sized character having a relationship with an developed, ableism linguistic communication, unch
"I also began to discover how white everything was. The students, the students' teeth, and the fences surrounding the outdoor swimming pools we never used. We all seemed to categorize ourselves without ever explicitly saying anything. Where does that leave students who don't have a clear category?"Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel is the kind of volume that I demand in my life.
CW: a queer person getting outed, a supporting minor character having a human relationship with an adult, ableism linguistic communication, unchallenged biphobia, and unnecessary girl hate. It's been a while since I read it simply here's what I can recollect nearly far.
Don't exist discouraged past the popular subpar reviews because damn. This book is elementary, directly to the point, realistic and extremely groundbreaking.
Sara Farizan's sophomore novel follow the story of closeted lesbian, Leila. As a daughter with Persian heritage, her sexuality makes her life even more precarious. And when the intriguing, newbie Saskia enters her life, Leila is compelled to deal with herfeelings.
I admit I go along puttingTell Me Over again How a Crush Should Experience for a while. Mostly because of the underwhelming response to it. Just I should accept known ameliorate that, mainstream commentaries usually don't correspond the product.
This volume instantly tugs my centre. It is simple and refreshing. It'southward a tale of a closeted lesbian who is grappling with her attraction to women. While she is trying to maintain her good grades, and her standing with her family.
Leila is a self-deprecating grapheme. She has this precise sense of humor that compelled me. She has a way with her words. I love her quips, and her initial reluctance to open herself to the globe. Her growth is truthful and enormous.
It'south fantastic to read a book where a lesbian has an amazing support from friends, where she accept an active but complicated relationship with her family. Like I regularly point out in my reviews, I adore books where family and friends are integrated into the plot.Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel isn't an exception. Leila's friends are very fun to read. They carry on the plot and they are well adult every bit much as the story'due south narrator. Its life boosting to run into positive notes in a book that tackles the discrimination, festishization of the lesbian community.
The cast and the whole plot in full general is diverse in terms of race and sexuality. The Western farsi culture is embedded in the story. Leila discussed plenty of marks that put her human relationship with her parents in to strain. How she struggles to come up out. How she is trapped by her heritage'south expectation and history. The simple beauty of her culture. She also speaks upwardly about racism. I'd love to read more than books where POC could blast their thoughts on micro aggression and racism.
"Because I'm ethnically ambiguous? Absolutely," I say, and she giggles. "Mostly, people think I'm Latina and speak to me in Spanish. When I tell them I don't understand, they think I'm denying my heritage or something." This gets her to express mirth tremendously. I want to continue to hear information technology. "And so I say 'No, Center Eastern,' and the response is ever 'Lo siento,' like I've got information technology actually bad."
The romance was cute.
But ane of the many things that render me almost'Tell Me Over again How a Vanquish Should Feel' is theconstant fear. The constant fearfulness of LGBT+ people who felt the demand they need to clarify what they are to people who wouldn't empathise merely because they can't ponder outside their box. The crippling fright of LGBT+ people because they are afraid their family and friends might disown them. The fear, they are always dangerous. The fright that someone might rob them of their privacy. I desire to curlicue into a fetal position, every time
Tell Me Once more How a Crush Should Feel is timeless, and this is the kind of books we should be reading.
Review also posted at Young Adult Hollywood.
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Everything about this book sounds awesome and I desire it to be known that I did non read further than the second affiliate - hence the lack of rating and proper review. But... you know when you offset to read a volume and everything just feels a bit off? Nothing major, but small things that make yous raise an eyebrow or pull up Google to bank check upwardly on info you're already pretty sure y'all know. That's what happened in the first 23 pages of Tell Me Again How a Trounce Should Feel.
This paragraph...
DNF for now.Everything near this book sounds awesome and I want it to be known that I did not read farther than the 2nd chapter - hence the lack of rating and proper review. But... you know when you first to read a book and everything just feels a bit off? Nothing major, but small things that make y'all enhance an eyebrow or pull up Google to cheque up on info you're already pretty sure you lot know. That's what happened in the first 23 pages of Tell Me Over again How a Beat Should Feel.
This paragraph...
...had me questioning why the MC calls Robert out for working "and then hard", when a few sentences subsequently we are told that Robert likes to get boozed upwardly during school lessons. Damn, Robert, WHY YOU WORK YOURSELF And so HARD?
This is merely one nitpicky example... simply they build up. I'm not maxim never, only I am saying not correct now. I might pick it upwards once again if the reviews convince me I was wrong almost this book.
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update pre-read: i need to brand intelligent life choices and then new plan i'm just going to read f/f romances for the rest of my life now
update post-read: this is turning out to exist a Good Plan already THIS WAS Ambrosial AND FUNNY AND THERE WAS A PLOT TWIST I DIDN'T See COMING BUT I LOVED Information technologyupdate pre-read: i need to make intelligent life choices so new programme i'g only going to read f/f romances for the rest of my life now
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An advance copy was provided past the publisher for this review.
DNF This feels like a very slight middle grade book, and is extremely simplistic in terms of plotting, style, emotion, and characterization. Was it also supposed to be funny? It's kind of sad I couldn't really tell. It'due south too bad, I'd dearest to encounter more f/f relationships in YA.An advance copy was provided past the publisher for this review.
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"I want to stop living in fright. I want to terminate coming upward with excuses about why I'm not interested in dating. I want my family to know me. I want to get to learn more than well-nigh Lisa. I want to terminate feeling similar everything I am is inadequate or makes me unworthy of dearest because of something I can't help."
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This is going to have a lot of spoilers, but here nosotros become:
I'm conflicted about this book. Function of me actually, really liked it, I thought that Leila and her beloved interest were so cute I cou
"I want to stop living in fright. I want to stop coming up with excuses almost why I'm not interested in dating. I desire my family to know me. I want to get to learn more near Lisa. I want to stop feeling like everything I am is inadequate or makes me unworthy of love because of something I tin't help."
2☆
This is going to have a lot of spoilers, but here nosotros go:
I'm conflicted virtually this book. Part of me really, actually liked it, I thought that Leila and her love interest were and then cute I couldn't handle my feels, I'm happy that it was a interracial send, I liked how this book talked about why was harder for Leila to 'come out' because she was as well Iranian. But... I actually hated how Sara treat bisexuals in this volume.
Saskia (the antagonist who Leila first had a crush on, and who's probably bisexual tho she doesn't label herself) kissed Leila two times without her consent:
The first i was when they were shopping, Leila was angry at Saskia for some stuff she did, especially that she was dating ane of her friends when Saskia wasn't interested in him (he was like a toy to her), so Leila confronts Saskia and she breaks with him via text.
She plops her phone back into her pocketbook, then lunges forward aggressively and bites my lower lip.
'Stop!' i strength her off me. She crashes into the wall behind her. I'm not sure what is happening, [...].
'Isn't this what y'all wanted?' Saskia asks in a sultry vocalism.
'Saskia, you injure me.' I look for any sort of sumpathy in her expression. 'Practise you sympathise that?' Zippo. 'I don't... this isn't what I want.'
Saskia looks unmoved. 'Then what practise you want you stupid dyke?' she asks icily.
The second one was in some school party (I tin can't remember the exact name) and Saskia was angry at Leila, then she went where Leila was, and kisses her in front ot everyone (when Leila wasn't ready to come out).
'And so yous finally prove some anger,' says Saskia with a sneer. 'It's near time. What are y'all going to do? Nuke me?'
'Girls! That'due south plenty!' says Ms. Taylor.
'I'll say when it'due south enough' Saskia says. She leans into me, grabs my face with both hands, and plants a giant, wet kiss on my oral fissure. I struggle to get away, merely she's holding me tight. 'Now you lot finally get what you lot wanted! Y'all've been harassing me to kiss you for months, yous predatory lesbian'.
And the end, Saskia is going to another country, and she texts Leila, and well... see for yourself:
At beginning the text messages are sweetness. Sickeningly so.
Hey gorgeous! Don't be mad at me, I just got jealous. Forgive me? Xo
I miss yous!
I wish you were here with me.
So she talks about her life, like I care.
My family unit is moving again. I thought you would want to know.
I came, I saw, I got bored, and it's fourth dimension to motion on.
For what it'due south worth, you lot fabricated the year interesting. And then thank you.
Then the messages are most sex.
Robert is a terrible lover.
I know I'g a better kisser than your sad sack girlfriend.
I bet you lot oasis't slept with her yet. You lot know I'd be better.
So the letters just become vicious.
Why aren't you answering, you stupid dyke?
I never even liked yous. I just liked how pathetic you were and that you followed me around.
I was existence charitable letting your disgusting natural language in my oral fissure.
Your ugly girlfriend is going to grow tired of you only like I did.
Information technology pissed me off, that this disgusting person was the bisexual rep we got in this volume, similar we were heartless people. Don't get me wrong, probably they're heartless people who are bisexual, but nowadays the rep nosotros accept isn't bully, and this book doesn't divergence to others in that aspect. Really, at that place was another bisexual character but plot twist: that person didn't desire to label themselves, who isn't a bad matter only why is always the bisexual/pansexual character who doesn't want it? Why authors are so afraid of saying this graphic symbol is bisexual/pansexual?
But this doesn't end here, read this:
Yes, lgbt+ girls we have information technology so easy!!
And finally:
Slut-shaming on signal, the worst affair isn't that a teacher isn't sleeping with a (teenage) pupil, it'southward that she open her legs for him.
Hither, I leave you more than review about this topic (and more coherent ones):
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2) https://www.goodreads.com/review/evidence...
3) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I agree with another reviewers that the book isn't without problems and I meet the critiques as valid. That said, I withal liked the lead grapheme, Leila. She'south struggling and she has a sarcastic and dry sense of humour that's endearing. Information technology's easy to sympathize with her situation and I liked how h
The force of this volume is that it's from a unique perspective, that of a lesbian Western farsi-American girl with immigrant parents, coming to terms with who she is and how she still fits within her family unit.I agree with some other reviewers that the book isn't without problems and I see the critiques as valid. That said, I still liked the lead character, Leila. She's struggling and she has a sarcastic and dry out sense of sense of humour that's endearing. It's like shooting fish in a barrel to empathise with her state of affairs and I liked how her family was represented.
In that location are also a number of side characters that lend well to the story and I definitely felt pulled back into high schoolhouse.
Where the strange scrap comes in is with the graphic symbol of Saskia. She's written and so over the superlative in a number of means, so much so that she becomes a caricature. But, I establish Leila to have more chemical science and time with Saskia and then the girl she actually ends upwardly with which is a shame. I really would've liked to run across more evolution with the *real* relationship than the heightened drama from Saskia's character.
For that, the story fell a fiddling flat.
It's even so an of import representation, though, and for that I'grand glad this story exists.
I'thousand torn on a rating for this one. In that location are some really odd storytelling choices the writer made which weren't neat (either because it felt forced or it was downright offensive or she seemed to exist outraged about the wrong affair?). The story itself I give almost 3.5.
Negin Farsad did a swell job with the audibobook narration, though, which heightened the feel in a positive way making the read more entertaining. Because of that, for the audiobook version, I bump information technology upward to iv stars.
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The cast was incredible - diverse, easy to chronicle to, and the kind of people you end up rooting for. The way this book handled sexuality was astonishing, too. I'll exist writing a full review someday, but for now... Just read this
This book was cute: refreshing writing, lovable characters, a realistic spectrum of emotions, and everything I've always wanted out of a F/F YA book. The romance is sweet and genuine, and it's a relief to read a book about ii girls in love that doesn't revolve around sex.The cast was incredible - diverse, easy to chronicle to, and the kind of people y'all finish up rooting for. The style this book handled sexuality was amazing, too. I'll be writing a full review anytime, but for now... Just read this book.
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It's f/f and some parts are beautiful...merely it's as well hurtful, biphobic, and offensive. Information technology's marketed as an ambrosial f/f romance, and that's not what y'all become.
I loved we had a lesbian Persian chief character, and that Leila's culture was a big part of her life. But other than that? I was disappointed.
Let's accept a list.
•cease using the word 'exotic' to describe poc! It's not okay, and I noticed it multiple times.
•biphobic comments were made and non proven to be wro
It'south f/f and some parts are cute...simply it's as well hurtful, biphobic, and offensive. It's marketed as an ambrosial f/f romance, and that's not what you get.
I loved we had a lesbian Persian principal grapheme, and that Leila'due south culture was a big part of her life. Only other than that? I was disappointed.
Let's have a list.
•stop using the discussion 'exotic' to draw poc! It's non okay, and I noticed information technology multiple times.
•biphobic comments were made and not proven to be wrong.
•ableist insults were used to describe the 'villain' of the story.
•multiple slut-shaming lines.
So no, this is not a volume I can recommend. It hurt me, honestly.
Notation: the author is ownvoices, in regards to sexuality and race, I believe? Merely I may be mistaken. It doesn't excuse the fact that this volume hurt me and could hurt others.
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"I desire to stop living in fright. I desire to finish coming upward with excuses about why I'm not interested in dating. I want my family unit to know me... I want to stop feeling like everything I am is inadequate or makes me unworthy of love because of something I can't help."
At that place goes my feels..
Ever experience similar you lot're too old for the book you're reading even though you're merely 2 years older than the protagonist? Or that's but me existence weird...
It wasn't THAT great. Just i
MY REVIEW IS ALSO POSTED HERE."I desire to cease living in fear. I want to terminate coming up with excuses about why I'm not interested in dating. I want my family to know me... I want to stop feeling similar everything I am is inadequate or makes me unworthy of beloved because of something I can't help."
There goes my feels..
Ever experience like you're also one-time for the book you're reading even though you lot're just 2 years older than the protagonist? Or that'due south merely me being weird...
It wasn't THAT peachy. But it was.. good. It was okay. I admit that I was expecting this to be a very deep and meaningful novel and fifty-fifty though I did not go THAT, I still enjoyed information technology. I'm non saying information technology'due south shallow! Not at all. It but fell flat for me. E'er felt that? Like yous were waiting for that chapter in the volume where you will sob and weep and just weep and tell yourself that 'this book is epic'. Well, I didn't accept that moment in this book. It feels a fiddling Center Class-y to me, and no, I don't have a trouble with MG genre.. but with a tough topic like this, my expectations were high.
Leila is a Persian teenager and she is gay. Nobody knows it just her. And she'due south okay that way, she was actually very confident that nobody will figure information technology out since she don't have whatsoever crushes at her school.. until Saskia shows upwards. The flawless, beautiful and new girl Saskia. It was attraction at first sight for Leila and surprisingly, it seems like information technology's the same with Saskia. I repeat, information technology seems.
Beginning of all, CHEERS FOR THE CHARACTER DIVERSITY in here. I actually learned some cool stuff about Persian civilisation even though it wasn't the center of the book. I was satisfied with the glimpse and mentions of traditions and stuff. But then again, this story is virtually Leila.. so let's focus on her. Leila was an enjoyable graphic symbol and protagonist. Her being witty helped me to go through the whole novel.. Honestly, there'due south no dull moment from her heed. Just! Like I mentioned above, I felt like she'south too young for me. The manner she thinks is making me cringe sometimes and roll my eyes and there was even a 'wait. what???' moment from me. Side characters were well written! I didn't take that cliche tingles everytime a character were introduced. My favorite was Lisa considering out of all of them, I connected to her immediately. Fifty-fifty though she wasn't the main character. Saskia, on the other hand has a huge potential to be a great graphic symbol.. but the writer did not explored it. I feel similar she but discarded Saskia without even making a concrete ending for her even though she's one of the main pb. And she's a ill psycho. At present, what I WANNA KNOW IS WHY. Just the author did not even dropped a backstory for her. I wonder if Saskia is getting her own book.
Anyway, I'm a fan of the writing too. Farizan's writing was easy and on point, I felt like I just glided through out the book. Besides, the romance!!! Uncomplicated and touching. Unexpected too. The character relationships were profoundly woven! Particularly the one between Leila and her Mother.
"Merely because I didn't know who I was when I was young, doesn't mean you can't figure out who yous are" - Leila's MOM.
Don't you lot just honey when the Mother and the main protagonist actually gets forth?! It made her coming out more than poignant too.
Overall, Tell Me Over again How A Crush Should Feel isn't about crushes at all (disappointing) But information technology's about growing up, learning what you desire and finally having the guts to get it. Leila may non be a protagonist for everybody just she have a trait that I believe we can all relate to..
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And nowdays I'm and then adept at shipping the main character with the right person... do we have an award for that?
I adored this i! I live for that trope when the protagonist dislike certain people without any good reason and at the terminate becomes friends with them. I only love reading about finding friends.And nowdays I'thou so good at shipping the principal graphic symbol with the right person... do nosotros have an accolade for that?
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Sara Farizan really knows how to write a relatable lesbian teenager. I mean, this definitely was non profound in whatsoever sense of the word, only it was nevertheless great nonetheless. Leila is so funny and and so real that it was difficult for me to not feel like I could have been best friends with her. Her struggles were besides very relatable. Bourgeois parents, beingness preyed upon past selfish girls who want to utilise you, falling in love with your best friend. All of it was very reali
I AM So HAPPY BECAUSE OF THIS Volume.Sara Farizan really knows how to write a relatable lesbian teenager. I mean, this definitely was not profound in whatsoever sense of the give-and-take, merely information technology was still dandy nonetheless. Leila is so funny and and so real that it was hard for me to non feel like I could have been best friends with her. Her struggles were besides very relatable. Conservative parents, beingness preyed upon by selfish girls who want to utilise y'all, falling in love with your best friend. All of it was very realistic.
I realize that this book is slightly unrealistic considering of how happy the ending is, but hey. If heterosexual romance books can end happily, why can't homosexual ones end the same way? This was merely so happy, and it made me feel so warm inside. Yes, it was really, Actually predictable. But a lot of things are. I'm willing to accept that because of how fun information technology was.
I think that young LGBTQ people demand to be exposed to things similar this. Things with happy endings. Things where we aren't killed off only considering writers are looking for someone to impale. Things where relatives and friends come effectually to the thought of loving an LGBTQ person unconditionally. Nosotros need books similar this because this was a very normal book, aside from the struggle of coming out as queer. Maybe one day we will have books like this and homosexuality volition exist seen as normal. I don't know. All I know is that this volume (coupled with attending my first Pride event) makes me want to come out to my mother. Which won't exist so difficult if she gets on her Goodreads and sees this review. *nervous laughter, vomiting*
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1a) Particularly with female protags,
1b) Especially with variety, and
1c) Particularly when the grapheme has already figured out that she's gay, and the entire plot isn't taken up by angsting over this possibility.
2) That said:
Oh.
This bitch is crazy. (220)
Yes. Yes she is. It really shouldn't have taken Leila 220 pages to effigy that out. And it disappoints me—not that Leila let hormones override mutual sense for and then long, but that then much of the plot
1) I am so happy to see more than queer YA lit,1a) Specially with female protags,
1b) Peculiarly with variety, and
1c) Especially when the character has already figured out that she's gay, and the entire plot isn't taken up by angsting over this possibility.
ii) That said:
Oh.
This bitch is crazy. (220)
Yes. Yes she is. It really shouldn't accept taken Leila 220 pages to figure that out. And it disappoints me—not that Leila permit hormones override common sense for so long, just that then much of the plot revolved around a slightly unhinged character. Not so interesting, honestly. Information technology felt similar the 'unhinged' plot went way over the acme just to bring in more drama/conflict where it would have felt more realistic (if quieter) to focus on things like Leila'southward family unit...or Lisa'due south family, come to that. Entertaining subplot with Ms. Taylor, though. Would accept loved to encounter more than of Nahal, likewise.
3) I wonder if the existent story is only actually starting at the finish of the book—equally Leila starts being more than secure with who she is, equally she sallies along on a new page with her family unit. Not certain what that ongoing story would exist, but...real life doesn't end with coming out and vanquishing the mean girls, yous know?
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I also began to discover how white everything was. The students, the students' teeth, and the fences surrounding the outdoor pond pools we never used. We all seemed to categorize ourselves without ever explicitly maxim anything. Where does that get out students who don't have a clear category?
things i liked:
- cute soft f/f romance
- i love leila. she'due south a dislocated sapphic darling who must be protected at all costs
- doesn't follow the conventional romance trope and the twist is something i di
I also began to notice how white everything was. The students, the students' teeth, and the fences surrounding the outdoor swimming pools we never used. We all seemed to categorize ourselves without ever explicitly saying annihilation. Where does that leave students who don't take a clear category?
things i liked:
- cute soft f/f romance
- i beloved leila. she's a dislocated sapphic darling who must be protected at all costs
- doesn't follow the conventional romance trope and the twist is something i did NOT meet coming
- realistic and explores first beloved in a very honest, revealing way, especially for someone who is dislocated
- Amazing side characters. leila'southward family was the all-time
- lots of diverse rep!!
things that didn't sit well with me:
- there was a fatty-shaming slur which was never challenged or called out
- the twist (view spoiler)[ of leila ending upwards with lisa instead of saskia (hide spoiler)] felt a little rushed and not adult enough
3.v stars 🌟
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My favorite part of this book is the humor. Leila'south narrative vox is absolutely hilarious. Her descriptions of each side character are and then funny. Her inner thoughts are hilariously relatable. Even when the book gets sad or nighttime, Leila's vocalisation brings it back into the realm of enjoyable.
Despite the humor, Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel doesn't hesita
iv stars. This isn't a especially quality novel, maybe. But it's funny and it's sweetness and that'southward what you lot need out of a contemporary, right?My favorite part of this book is the humor. Leila's narrative vocalization is absolutely hilarious. Her descriptions of each side character are then funny. Her inner thoughts are hilariously relatable. Even when the book gets sad or night, Leila'due south vocalism brings information technology dorsum into the realm of enjoyable.
Despite the humor, Tell Me Again How A Trounce Should Feel doesn't hesitate to occasionally get dark. Leila's personal struggles all feel very existent. Her commentary on her life is often darkly humorous, funny when read but deplorable when thought about for more than a moment. She'due south such a relatable character and by the end, you observe yourself actually rooting for her and auspicious her on.
The 2nd best bit of this book is the romance plot, which is absolutely adorable. The other character'south name is a bit of a spoiler, but she and Leila take an incredibly sweetness dull-build relationship. Their barrack is incredibly endearing and they're and then sweet together.
I honestly don't have whatever complaints about this story. It'southward yet not my genre– I rarely enjoy this kind of contemporary so much. But this book was an exception to my anti-romcom policy, and I enjoyed every moment.
This book is one of my favorite romcom-style contemporaries with gay girls, and I really highly recommend information technology to anyone interested.
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tw: forced outing, d slur, lesbophobia, mentions of homophobic bullying, toxic friendship, sexual assault, racist microaggressions
Much of the book deals with the crush/friendship with a manipulative girl - it was really bully to see a toxic friendship so accurately portrayed.
I enjoyed getting a lit
I really enjoyed this 1! Leila is a teenaged Iranian-American and she's gay - and hasn't told anyone. The book deals with her second major shell (which takes place at her private school as opposed to summer military camp), navigating friendships and family, and trying to discover her place at school - you know, only easy breezy stuff. ;)Much of the book deals with the vanquish/friendship with a manipulative girl - it was actually cracking to see a toxic friendship and then accurately portrayed.
I enjoyed getting a little window into Leila's culture and family. Her sister's rivalry with a girl from another family was HILARIOUS.
The stop was a bit wrapped up in a bow, but did not detract from the overall story. A quick, fun read with some laugh-out-loud moments.
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"I desire to stop living in fearfulness. I desire to finish coming upwards with excuses most why I'thou non interested in dating. I want my family to know me. I desire to get to learn more about Lisa. I want to stop feeling like everything I am is inadequate or makes me unworthy of love because of something I tin can't help."
📚 Serial? No.
📚 Genre? YA LGBT Romance.
📚 Cliffhanger? No.
⚠ Content Warnings: Outing a queer character. Biphobia. Girl on girl hate.
⚠ Book Tags : Biracial relationships.
The book is abou
"I desire to stop living in fear. I want to stop coming up with excuses about why I'm not interested in dating. I want my family to know me. I desire to get to learn more about Lisa. I want to cease feeling similar everything I am is inadequate or makes me unworthy of honey because of something I can't assist."
📚 Series? No.
📚 Genre? YA LGBT Romance.
📚 Cliffhanger? No.
⚠ Content Warnings: Outing a queer grapheme. Biphobia. Girl on daughter detest.
⚠ Volume Tags : Biracial relationships.
The volume is about:
Tell Me Once again How A Beat out Should Feel talks most Leila, a lesbian teenager who is forced to be closeted because of her family unit & cultural beliefs. When a new girl comes to school, she develops a strong crush and she starts to look deeper into her feelings and identity.
What drew me in:
This book attracted me considering of the diversity in its characters.. I also wasn't aware of F/F books in contemporary YA and I wanted to read more of those.
Characters & connections:
I of the most beautiful parts of this volume is the friendship dynamic in it. Though I had a love/hate relationship existence in Leila's POV, her friend grouping made the journey more endurable and interesting to explore.
Everything I liked:
Aside from the characters, I liked the themes discussed in this book and the manner it was handled. The writing style of the author is fairly easy to read and makes going through the story quick and comfortable.
Overall thoughts:
All in all, Sara Farizan was able to deliver an sapphic love story at its purest, perfect for the younger young adults (if you lot know what I mean?)
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I totally adored this various story which is about growing up, existence unlike, and choosing the type of person yous want to become, even if others would choose differently for you. Information technology sent me dorsum about 18 years to those trippy feelings of drastic first crush, to unexpected humiliation
I got a re-create of the ARC for this novel from Algonquin Year through a Goodreads Giveaway, and I read information technology almost straight through. Information technology sucked me in fast with the perfect amounts of humor, angst, and heartfelt moments.I totally adored this diverse story which is about growing upwardly, existence different, and choosing the type of person y'all want to become, even if others would choose differently for you. It sent me back about 18 years to those trippy feelings of desperate kickoff crush, to unexpected humiliations, to that desperate desire to both be myself and besides make the people I love happy, and to the misdirection and lies of omission that are ofttimes mistaken for truths.
The characters were all unique, well-adult, and relatable (Goodreads says that isn't a give-and-take, but I have to insist). Leila charmed me fast with what seemed to be about a complete lack of amuse. That's not to say she isn't adorable. She'southward just lovable in those unexpected means that people don't always get to see on the surface, which makes her a very interesting MC. She is refreshing and real, and I loved hearing nigh her Persian culture, family, and values.
Parts of this story remind me a lot of that Mark Twain quote,(view spoiler)[ "Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to exist their option." (hide spoiler)]
I honey that quote, and I love this story.
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Tell Me Once more How A Beat Should Feel is a lesbian coming of age/coming out story featuring Leila, who has fallen for the glamorous new transfer student Saskia. Of course she also has to contend with her Farsi parents, perfect older sister, guy friend who doesn't sympathise why she doesn't return his feelings, declining scientific discipline, and a host of other teenage problems.
I was listening along, noting that Leila'due south sometime friend Lisa was
Information technology'south amazing the difference betwixt an audiobook and a print book.Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Experience is a lesbian coming of age/coming out story featuring Leila, who has fallen for the glamorous new transfer educatee Saskia. Of grade she besides has to contend with her Persian parents, perfect older sis, guy friend who doesn't empathise why she doesn't render his feelings, declining scientific discipline, and a host of other teenage bug.
I was listening along, noting that Leila'south old friend Lisa was one of those 'missing b-word'/no-labels bisexual characters, but I was able to roll with information technology because honestly the story was so proficient. Then I got to the part where Lisa admits to finding both Ariel and Eric hot in her childhood viewings of The Petty Mermaid. At that indicate, Leila asks the question, "So you're bi?"
So you're bi?
3 niggling words but the narrator Negin Farsad's phonation infuses them with and so much. Disappointment. Uncertainty. And frankly a touch of disdain.
And so you're bi
I re-listened to that section over and over and there is nothing in the novel by Farizan to direct those negative emotions in that judgement. Information technology's not '"So yous're bi?" I asked disappointingly'. Or '"So you're bi? I said, trying and failing to hide my disdain'. It'southward just:
So you're bi?
Even when bisexuality is presented by an author in a neutral manner, this audiobook narrator and/or director made the selection to add that subtle poke of biphobia. Utterly unprompted. That just blew me away. You'd call up with all the stuff I'd seen on this blog, I wouldn't exist surprised by biphobia (especially in YA) but I was. I really actually was.
Which really sucks because I was LOVING this audiobook. Setting aside the biphobia, Negin Farsad is a great narrator that captures all the singled-out voices in the book. The story is bang-up and the characters are thoughtful and well-rounded. Too bad those 3 little words really had to ruin it for me.
For this one, stick with the impress.
(From my review at Bisexual Books)
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definitely one i call back u may now call a little dated (i hateful, the lesbophobic & misogynistic comments from tomas alone... authentic i'thousand certain but that they were unchallenged?)
also no ane said this was actually about toxic friendships and non simply a friends to lovers romance how-do-you-do?
Rep: Iranian American lesbian mc, bi li, Black side character, part Brazilian side character
CWs: mentions of racist microaggressions, lesbophobia, mentions of homophobic bullying, toxic friendship, sexual assault, d
(2.five)definitely one i think u may at present call a little dated (i mean, the lesbophobic & misogynistic comments from tomas lonely... authentic i'1000 sure but that they were unchallenged?)
also no one said this was really about toxic friendships and not only a friends to lovers romance hello?
Rep: Iranian American lesbian mc, bi li, Blackness side grapheme, part Brazilian side graphic symbol
CWs: mentions of racist microaggressions, lesbophobia, mentions of homophobic bullying, toxic friendship, sexual assault, d slur, outing
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Very anticipated and not very well written, just hey, positive biracial lesbian YA.
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel was actually great! Leila is such a downward-to-earth narrator and it's so easy to get caught up in her life. I also had to nod and recollect "Aye, I remember feeling similar that" a lot. The writer totally captured crushing perfectly. I'm certain nosotros've all had a crush on someone who we idea was but the greatest, and so maybe we were making progress with them, simply it was all in our head. Or maybe information technology wasn't all in our head, and they were but a jerk. It'south clear from the outset that Saskia is not a adept match for Leila, but hormones! Saskia really is the worst though.
While a lot of the story is Leila freaking out almost coming out or staying in, and being judged and figuring out what she wants to do with her life, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel is also pretty darn funny. I really did express joy out loud in places, because it'south funny 'crusade it's true! Especially if you know Persian people. I love the parts nearly the nutrient and how they desire to feed everybody. It fabricated me hungry. My BFF needs to bring me some food ASAP! Also, Leila'due south friend Lisa but has this dry humor that I totally get it! I loved her!
Tell Me Once again How a Crush Should Feel just gave me feelings. Information technology'south not all gloom and doom like If You Could Be Mine. The tone of this 1 is much lighter and overall a experience good read despite Saskia being a nutjob and worrying about if Leila's parents are going to have her or not. There'southward likewise friendship and theater! And caring, involved developed figures! And family! And food!
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The writing was engaging and funny. I laughed and awed out loud many times throughout this book. In that location were some writing mistakes merely I feel that they were things the editor should have defenseless. I This volume was really enjoyable and I devoured it in two sittings. I loved the discussion it brought upwardly about toxic relationships and friendships. The Persian American heritage and cultural exploration excerpts were great also. The romance was completely swoon worthy. I absolutely loved them together.
The writing was engaging and funny. I laughed and awed out loud many times throughout this book. At that place were some writing mistakes just I feel that they were things the editor should take caught. I've been finding many of these mistakes in books lately. ...more
This tells a story about Leila, a Western farsi-American living in the US and her story about coming to terms with her Persian heritage and community, agreement her sexuality and the way she feels almost dating men, and how she tin fit
This volume is cute. Information technology'southward been a while since I've read YA and I've been giving it more than of a shot nowadays because I realize how much this category has inverse since I've started reading information technology and the amount of various voices and representation is quite different than before.This tells a story near Leila, a Farsi-American living in the US and her story near coming to terms with her Persian heritage and community, understanding her sexuality and the way she feels about dating men, and how she can fit in within her community and her friends while already beingness casted as weird and awkward. She'southward kind, endearing and she has a dry humour that fabricated me laugh multiple times. She crushes on a girl named Sasika who ends up being a groovy and way different than she thought she was and gets her heartbroken and falls in love again with someone else. Her friendship and love with Lisa is adorable to say the least. I'm sad for always using cute and adorable for describing loftier school relationships merely they are cute and adorable. It's all new for a lot of them and Leila is just figuring things out and trying to understand what does information technology all mean.
I do take to mention that Sasika's character felt weird to me and I realize I'one thousand not the only one who commented on that. I know some people tin can exist as shit as she is only still there was something off near that.
In that location'south a lot of cute love, high school drama and teenage angst and I found myself missing reading books like that. I don't gravitate toward them much and I can get tired when reading too much of it but sometimes it's entertaining. I love though that this book gets a squeamish happy ending.
...more thanHer parents immigrated from Iran in the seventies, her father a surgeon and her mother a homemaker. Sara grew upward feeling unlike in her individual high school not only because of her ethnicity only too because of her liking girls romantically, her lack of excitement in scientific discipline and math, and her love of writing plays and short stories. So she came out of the close
Sara Farizan (1984, Massachusetts).Her parents immigrated from Iran in the seventies, her father a surgeon and her mother a homemaker. Sara grew upwardly feeling different in her private high school non but because of her ethnicity but also because of her liking girls romantically, her lack of excitement in scientific discipline and math, and her love of writing plays and short stories. Then she came out of the closet in college, realized math and science weren't and so bad (simply not for her), and decided she wanted to be a writer. She is an MFA graduate of Lesley University and holds a BA in motion-picture show and media studies from American Academy. Sara has been a Hollywood intern, a waitress, a comic book/record store employee, an art mag blogger, a marketing temp, and an after-school teacher, but above all else she has ever been a writer.
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I want to stop living in fearfulness. I want to terminate coming upwards with excuses about why I'thousand not interested in dating. I want my family to know me. I want to go to learn more than well-nigh Lisa. I desire to terminate feeling like everything I am is inadequate or makes me unworthy of love because of something I tin't help."
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