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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
4.75
emotional funny sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A banger!! Baldwin's writing is immaculate here. The prose is so powerful and so much resonated to my gay self and experience. David struggled with things I remember feeling when in the closet and I just want better for him but fuckkkkk man get a backbone and stop being shitty to everyone around you. 

I loved this book! Thanks to my friend bojangles for letting me borrow this!