I didn't love all of the stories in this book but I loved a fair number of them. The last one having me tear up at the end (The one the Title comes from). My favorite was Phosphorous, a story about the Phosphorous Girls of London.

I found the references to Alice in Wonderland incredibly interesting as they would always appear when I least expected them.

There were takes on tales I've heard before, as well as tales I hadn't (or at least didn't make a direct connection from one to the other).

I would definitely recommend this, even if you're just checking it out from the library for reading on individual time I would recommend it.

It is also gay, and being gay never seems to be anything out of the ordinary. Which I LOVE.

This was 10 times better as an audiobook. it meant I was better able to visualize the places depicted.

This book had me in tears, and more than once while I was listening to this book.

It is a much-needed listen especially given the political climate in regards to things like BLM. There are direct quotes shared in this book that so closely mirror things that we hear coming out of politicians' mouths today.

Deborah Wiles does make an effort to make sure that a variety of perspectives are shared.

I am in love with this story, and Hematite. She is sweet and just beginning to realize who she is as a person. That being said I think her Crush is going to be her downfall.

I am looking forward to seeing her continue to grow and hopefully watch her friend group grow.

Hematite does recognize the privilege she has, and uses it to help those around her. But she defenitely has room to grow.

10/10 will be continuing this story.

The introduction of the Beatles into this Magali's life, gives me less the feels of the Beatles and more like watching the Wizard of Oz but the sound is just Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. (It's a wild trip that's for sure.) But it works as an amazing manifestation of how much impact they had on her life at that time. As I was reading initially reading about her interest, it felt akin to me hype fixating on a topic, but at some point I felt like it was crossing into an outright obsession. and then it just drops off, which while reading I found very odd. But then I remembered how quickly I've dropped something I've fixated over for years, but now only visit periodically.

'I have mixed feelings about the depiction of mental health providers in this book, specifically the one Magali is talking to at the end. They made the choice not to acknowledge something that was important to her and that was disappointing

The art style in this book is something else and It's still sitting with me..

This is the book that never ends, it just goes on and on and on some more. Something with the formatting of this book mean that it said it was 42 parts, not disclosing that it was 224 pages so you never really knew how far you had gone. It was like it's own weird level of hell.

This was incredibly informative, and I appreciate continuing to be able to learn about the members of the LGBT community that have paved the way to make our lives more openly.

While it felt unending the end was worth it, it was a happily ever after that gave me chills and honestly is the type of thing you only expect in books. But it was enjoyable none the less.

It's a Star Trek parody but it didn't feel like it really had any substance to it. The longer I spent trying to read it the more boring I ended up finding it overall. Which I found really dissapointing.