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Just Ash by Sol Santana
3.0
emotional informative medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Picked this one up to help finish out a queer reading challenge I'm doing for the year. An intersex main character! There aren't a lot of books that feature intersex main characters, and this one really touches on the different ways people can be intersex. That aspect of the story was well done and was actually really interesting to me.

But oh my god, the parents in this were just awful. There's a lot of homophobia in this book, both towards Ash and his best friend, Michelle. Parts of it were hard to read, purely because how terribly Ash is treated. But honestly, thank god for older siblings. Here to save the day!

The writing overall was okay; it felt a bit bumpy at parts and a little clunky. But all in all, not a terrible book! Just maybe not one I would read again.

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