Like a Love Story
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Abdi Nazemian
Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time"A book for warriors, divas, artists, queens, individuals, activists, trend setters, and anyone searching for the courage to be themselves.”—Mackenzi Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and VirtueIt’s 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He’s terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he’s gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media’s images of men dying of AIDS.Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they start dating.Art is Judy’s best friend, their school’s only out and proud teen. He’ll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs.As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won’t break Judy’s heart—and destroy the most meaningful friendship he’s ever known.This is a bighearted, sprawling epic about friendship and love and the revolutionary act of living life to the fullest in the face of impossible odds.
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Historical Fiction
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Author
Abdi Nazemian
Pages
432
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2019-06-04
ISBN
0062839381 9780062839381
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"THIS BOOK HAS MY HEART AND I DON'T WANT IT BACK. ❤️🩹 It's educational, romantic, heartbreaking, and emotional. When I was 11 or 12 I saw it in a bookstore and bought it. My parents told me I had to wait for 2 or 3 years until I was allowed to read it. I kept it next to my bed all those years until I was finally old enough to read it, so by that point my expectations were set extremely high. The amazing part is, THEY WERE MET. This book takes you on an emotional rollercoaster and I highly recommend to anybody because it really puts you in the shoes of someone who is living in that time frame when AIDS first became well known. A wonderful story. I give it a 8/10 but only because I don't really like the ending, but everything in between was wonderful. 🥰"
"This book is a gem! While I loved this book throughout, it really wasn’t until the very last chapter where I thought to myself “this book is a 5/5 easy!” <br/>There are so many things I loved about this book! The time/setting, the characters - and with that the usage of multiple POV’s (I felt this really added to the story and was great to see) and just all the history that’s told beautiful throughout the novel. This book *chef’s kiss*"
"THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!! <3"
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"This is an extremely difficult book to rate for me. I thought the overall story was beautiful, a celebration of love and anger and fighting for a better life, but the three main characters annoyed me so much that parts of the book were a slog. <br/><br/>Reza spends the first half of the book constantly spinning his wheels through internalized homophobia, which while realistic means the reader is subjected to the same story beats multiple times. Judy's reaction to finding out that Reza is gay and dated her out of fear is awful and left largely unexamined by the narrative. Art spends the second half of the book trying to pressure his boyfriend into sex he isn't ready for. Also the weirdly detailed scenes of teens having sex might be off-putting for some.<br/><br/>I did love most of the side characters though (at least, the ones intended to be likable) and most of the writing about ACT UP was great.<br/><br/>A solid neutral rating from me."
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