The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

“I want to feel something other than pain.” Summarizes the book quite well.

Way too much queer suffering, narration is exhausting (probably also due to this being YA), story drags on and the end feels rushed. What I can say is that the story is ‘cute', the young characters aren't necessarily dislikable, there's humour in it and little jokes, but there's not enough that distracts from the gloominess of the entire story. There's worse stories I've read, but the fact that I thought halfway through ‘When will this end?' is one of the main reasons I cannot give this book a 3.

It's like someone took all anti-gay tropes and shoved it into one story. Oh, and on top of that, some racism-sprinkles as well.

I would've liked the following TWs or mentioned themes before I went into this, to be very honest. I might have made the choice not to read it instead: Forced outing, abusive mother/household, homophobia (repeatedly, story driven by), religious bigotry, casual racism, assault (due to, again, homophobia), suicide and self-harm, internalized homophobia, bullying [...]

I absolutely hated Yami's mum, and it makes zero sense that she acted completely differently at the end. It's a process. As well as, you've treated your daughter like shit for so long, it's suddenly all forgiven? PLEASE. Ridiculous. Same goes for Yami's dad but y'know, the other way around. Makes very little sense to me.