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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
challenging
emotional
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The Last Night at the Telegraph Club is an excellently well researched and beautifully written novel about Lily Hu, a Chinese American teenager in San Francisco in the 1950s. The Telegraph Club is a lesbian night club that becomes very important to Lily as she explores her queer identity.
Helped along by her friend Kath, Lily finds there are many men and women who feel the way she does. There is a lot of time spent exploring Lily's inner thoughts- her slow discovery that she is not like her peers, finding any semblance of peace with that, and then finding friends and developing feelings for a woman. All of this happens to Lily during a time when it is criminal to be gay and with the added tension of being a Chinese American during the Red Scare. Lily has to worry about the fate of herself, her parents, and her relatives in all of her decisions.
My criticism of this book is that I felt some parts were expounded upon too much at a cost to the pacing and flow of the story. I found the first quarter and the last quarter to be just perfect, and with an ending that took my breath away- I do recommend this book.
Helped along by her friend Kath, Lily finds there are many men and women who feel the way she does. There is a lot of time spent exploring Lily's inner thoughts- her slow discovery that she is not like her peers, finding any semblance of peace with that, and then finding friends and developing feelings for a woman. All of this happens to Lily during a time when it is criminal to be gay and with the added tension of being a Chinese American during the Red Scare. Lily has to worry about the fate of herself, her parents, and her relatives in all of her decisions.
My criticism of this book is that I felt some parts were expounded upon too much at a cost to the pacing and flow of the story. I found the first quarter and the last quarter to be just perfect, and with an ending that took my breath away- I do recommend this book.