3.0
medium-paced

 This was... fine, I guess? I really don't know how to rate or review this. I feel bad giving it less than 3 stars because I think it was very much a "me" issue (comedy memoirs and essays are VERY hit-and-miss for me), but I was just honestly bored throughout a lot of this and found myself skim-reading more often than not.

I didn't laugh or even crack a legitimate smile at any of the comedy bits, and I think the most impactful part of the entire thing was the segment about how isolated the author felt as a rare queer person who isn't/wasn't into Drag Race (which I fully relate to, as someone who has, on multiple occasions, sat quietly in the corner playing on my phone while all of the other people in my friendship group chatted animatedly about the latest episode). Oh, and I did enjoy some of the bits about growing up queer in a strict religious home, because that's an eternal mood.

But... yeah. This was just fine. I'll probably never really think about it again, but a lot of people will definitely love it more than I did and if you're into comedy essays about queer culture, you should still give it a try!

Thank you to the publisher for the review copy! All thoughts are honest and my own.

Representation: Zach Zimmerman is gay, multiple people mentioned are queer 

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