Rose of No Man's Land in Queereaders

Dec 04, 2013 Destiny rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was a strange interesting little book. I stumbled upon the author by accident and I just decided to buy one of her books because I like her name.

It's hard to describe this book. I like how the narrator speaks. I don't know I'm oddly fond of her and her neurotic-ness I guess. ...more

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Mar 26, 2007 SGK rated it liked it

Shelves: queer-feminist-theory

I read this while I was in the hospital waiting for my dad to come out of surgery. It definitely helped me to stay distracted and sane. On the back of the book a review says that this book is a mix between Catcher in the Rye and My So Called life- I would have to say that is a pretty accurate description. It's got that teen angsty self discovery feel- but with a queer twist. ...more

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Dec 20, 2007 Zweegas rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book is fun to read. Rose's adventures are my adventures. I like the love / hate dynamic with the characters and I identify with the feeling of being a teenager and being stuck in life and also how sex seems like such a big deal, even to teenage lesbians.
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Jun 17, 2007 Adam Hodgins rated it really liked it

Shelves: queer

I loved this book, a queer, outsider, working class story. This kind of writing makes me really happy, I just wish there was more queer guys writing stuff like this.

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