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nerdinthelibrary 's review for:
50 Queer Music Icons Who Changed the World: A Celebration of Lgbtq+ Legends
by Will Larnach-Jones
I've read my fair share of non-fiction books in this format (one or two pages per person, an illustration of them, outline of their life/achievements) and this is unfortunately the worst by far.
The illustrations were fantastic, but that was really the only thing this had going for it. The biography-portions oftentimes felt like a condensed wikipedia article, just listing greatest hits and outlining hard childhoods. There were way too many where the person's queerness was only mentioned in a throwaway line, identified incorrectly (they refer to both Freddie Mercury and David Bowie as gay), or not mentioned at all.
There were also several people included in this who have said some pretty iffy stuff in regards to trans people, which left a bad taste in my mouth as I was reading.
The illustrations were fantastic, but that was really the only thing this had going for it. The biography-portions oftentimes felt like a condensed wikipedia article, just listing greatest hits and outlining hard childhoods. There were way too many where the person's queerness was only mentioned in a throwaway line, identified incorrectly (they refer to both Freddie Mercury and David Bowie as gay), or not mentioned at all.
There were also several people included in this who have said some pretty iffy stuff in regards to trans people, which left a bad taste in my mouth as I was reading.