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paigereitz 's review for:
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
by Saundra Mitchell
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This anthology of short stories had a lot of potential and I was excited to read it. My favorites were Roja (Anna-Marie McLemore), Molly's Lips (Dahlia Adler), And They DIdn't Kiss At The End (Nilah Magruder), The End of the World As We Know It (Sara Farizan), and Healing Rosa (Tehlor Kay Mejia). The others had moments I enjoyed, but often landed off for me - coming across too trauma-porn-ish or else almost fetishistic in the way the LGBTQ character(s) was/were written. At times, these scenes detracted from the stories. I appreciated the diversity of authors, but would love to see another anthology that prioritized trans authors specifically.