
Openly Straight
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Narrateur(s):
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Pete Cross
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Auteur(s):
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Bill Konigsberg
À propos de cet audio
Rafe is a normal teenager from Colorado. He's been out since 8th grade, accepted by his peers & championed by his progressive parents. And while that's important, all Rafe really wants is to be a regular guy. To have his sexuality be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time. So when Rafe transfers to an all-boys' boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret - not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean slate. But then he sees a classmate breaking down and realizes his own labels aren't well-concealed. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben...who doesn't even know that love is possible.
©2015 Bill Konigsberg (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLCCe que les critiques en disent
I wish I listened to this sooner.
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Narration does an amazing job of bringing the story to life.
Better than Expected
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I laughed, cried for frustrated and felt emotions going in all directions.
Definitely a book for any teens/adults who feel like they might want to find themselves or that they fall into the “different” category. Great for teens as the swearing is not excessive the sexual conversations/references are not explicit I feel.
Did not like the ending - loved the book
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Wonderful book
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This book cracked me up a lot, not gonna lie. The characters are (for the most part) fleshed out and interesting, and I especially liked the roommate character and his friend. The MC (Rafe) is a dorky idiot, but in a good way.
There’s a neat meta thing where Rafe is actually writing part of the novel in the story, and he gets some interesting feedback that made me want to pause and think.
Overall it’s an entertaining, easy listen.
(Also the narrator does a GREAT job with the different character voices... there’s even a moment with an accent that sounds exactly like how it’s described.)
The bad:
The premise is a little far-fetched, it’s hard to believe that this kid buys into his own excuses so hard it takes him months to figure out what he did wrong. However, to be fair, I enjoyed the way in which he does reach his final conclusion.
(sorry, I go on a rant now)
So, this book has weirdly problematic moments that kind of came out of nowhere. There’s a character that’s presented as “some guy Rafe just doesn’t get along with” and later we find out, on a seemingly unrelated note, that this guy is more “outwardly gay,” like the way he dresses and talks... and the subtext suggests that this is a bad thing. This character is presented as super annoying, and Rafe (who can easily pass as a straight jock) doesn’t learn anything from his own prejudice. The other obviously gay character is presented as a total weirdo and an outcast, though thankfully Rafe is friends with him.
There are also some tone-deaf pro-animal cruelty comments (I found the phrase “a live pig” ironic when used to refer to a pig roast...)
Oh, and the R-word is dropped for seemingly no reason other than “realism” I guess, and is never addressed.
I know I’m probably nit-picking, but in a book that wants to be super progressive, these moments gave me whiplash.
tl;dr cute book sometimes problematic but makes up for it with humour, one thumb up :)
Cute and funny (mostly)
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