erika's review
Mosh Pit
by Kristyn Dunnion
erika's review
Mosh Pit by Kristyn Dunnion
erika's review
rating:
bookshelves:
comingofage,
guilty-pleasures,
queer-and-trans,
young-adult
recommended for: angsty queer kids
first of all, i have to say this: i love, love, LOVE angsty lesbian/queer teenager stories. and this book definitely delivered it in spades. kind of cheesy, yes, kind of over the top, but i *know* i would've eaten this up at 15 or 16.
dunnion's endless descriptions of what the characters were wearing and listening to sometimes got to be too much. and cherry's livejournal updates were a little bit too precious. and i found it sort of bizarre that there was only one character of colour in the whole novel (toronto isn't that white, is it??).
but it was also a totally engaging, if very easy, read. there were some interesting things brought up about gender and sex work that i have NEVER seen in YA novels before, and while the book's ending was redemptive, it wasn't preachy.
3.5/5.
dunnion's endless descriptions of what the characters were wearing and listening to sometimes got to be too much. and cherry's livejournal updates were a little bit too precious. and i found it sort of bizarre that there was only one character of colour in the whole novel (toronto isn't that white, is it??).
but it was also a totally engaging, if very easy, read. there were some interesting things brought up about gender and sex work that i have NEVER seen in YA novels before, and while the book's ending was redemptive, it wasn't preachy.
3.5/5.
