Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried

3.5 rounded up.
There was a time where I would have given this book a 5 and also a time where I would have given it a 1.
July is extremely annoying at times and she says stuff that members of the LGBTQIA+ community might not like but that we've all heard before and recognize. She's that friend who will hurt you with bad jokes that aren't actually funny and get upset when you tell her it's not funny but she's also the friend who will go to bat for you when someone insults you. Does one cancel the other? No, it does not, but humans and their relationships are messy and a lot of us have said stuff that make us cringe now when we were younger so the way she was felt real instead of idealized. Both characters are flawed and I enjoyed that.
Possible spoilers in this part of the review: On the other hand, making characters isn't really enough to make a story and this is where I found this book lacking, there isn't much of a story there. July is dead, then she isn't, they keep fighting their fights which sprung from various miscommunications and small jealousies, July shows a bit of personal growth, not too much though, and she dies for real. It's not bad, there's just not much to it.