Something Like Summer by Jay Bell5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() I mean, shouldn’t there be? Being told that this was the first novel in a series that covers an “epic romance” I thought, maybe it will touch on some LGBT+ issues, but inevitably be like any other romance story, but unique to these two characters. I don’t want to just accept what little we are given. ![]() ![]() It’s all just struggles and pain and unhappiness and hyper sexuality, and I’m tired tired tired. Especially with the LGBT+ genre of movies: I’m drawn to these stories and they resonate with me because I myself identify as LGBT+, but 90% of this genre absolutely sucks (also why can’t LGBT+ romances be considered a part of the “regular” genres anyways? What, if a main character is gay or trans and deals with some of these issues but the book/film is simply filed under “romance” or “action” this is somehow misleading to the average audience? Nah). I had high hopes for this book, given the positive reviews I’d seen for it and the fact that, despite being a part of the LGBT+ “genre” the first line is “this is not a coming out story.” Now, I know I’ve talked about this subject before, and I know that these types of stories are important and can be very powerful, especially when speaking of individual’s real struggles and experiences, but man am I tired. ![]()
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