Thinking Straight in Queereaders

Mar 12, 2009 Ralph Gallagher rated it really liked it

This was an pretty interesting book to read for me. I like how for once, it showed religious people defending their sexuality with scripture rather than trying to destroy it. The book gave some interesting view points that you don't see too often. My only real complaint with this novel was the IM lingo it used. That really detracted from the work. Most people don't use IM lingo outside of IMs, and those who do are really frowned upon. Heck, people are frowned upon for using in IMs. If the author ...more

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Nov 03, 2009 Julia rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, contemporary-fiction

When 16 year old born-again Taylor comes out to his parents they ship him off to be deprogrammed. Taylor and his parents seem to belong to one the western mega-churches, which are short on reason, forgiveness and rationality. The program they send him to Straight to God is administered by a freak who thinks gay kids who commit suicide are preferable to living ones. And it gets worse. Taylor's choice at the end really threw me.

"There was something really creepy going on in this place, I decided. ...more

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Jan 19, 2010 Stephen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: all-5-star-reads, gay, teen-reads, z-read-in-2010, gay-jocks, gay-high-schoolers, gay-pg, gay-closets

This book is suscessful on many levels. It's a good quick read with characters that we care about, a story-line that draws you in and an important message. It also allows you to perhaps see things in an all-new way. What more could you want from a novel? ...more

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Jul 14, 2008 Tara Lynn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: booklist-for-2008, lgbt-selections

This is one of those heartbreaking novels that really helps you focus on the important things in life. This book touched me in a personal, deeply heartfelt way, and I highly recommend it to everyone; especially to anyone who might be having issues with their own sexual orientation.

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