You Cannot Skip Out on This Book

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This is a coming of age story that we desperately need. Juliet was everything, her voice, her confusion, her passion, her entire character is what truly made this story. I rooted for her the entire time, I wanted to be her friend and join her on her journey, to research along side her project.

Harlowe's character flipped from one of those white feminists I could laugh at for wanting to celebrate periods to the type of white feminists that you know about, who are unintentionally racist and handle being called such badly. She was such a well written character and seeing how she and Juliet played off of the other secondary characters was great.

Even before Juliet's journey begins, there's a lot covered in the first chapter about the Bronx and Juliet that relates to her being a fat latina girl from the Bronx like food deserts, the loudness, cat-calling, etc.

The romantic in me wanted a more concrete romantic arc, but I understand why the romance was handled as it was, and I have other books if I want more of a proper romantic subplot.

I can only describe the writing as vivid. I want to go back and reread just to underline quotes. The descriptions of Juliet's feelings and the setting were ust so amazing.

There were some points that felt anachronistic for the story being set in 2003. Juliet uses Lycos as a search engine and people's "preferred" pronouns are discussed despite it being my perception that was more of a recent topic in queer communities.