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A Treat of Normalcy

Au global
4 out of 5 stars
Performance
3 out of 5 stars
Histoire
4 out of 5 stars

Évalué le: 2020-04-12

For the first few chapters I had wondered why this book was on the top picks list for LGBTQ* romance stories. It's language was frequently repetitive (you can only use "strong" as a descriptor so many times), the voice acting frequently felt stilted, and the slow-burn tactics a lot of the early story had felt flat. Most of the story was relatively drama-free. There was no big plot twist that Chelsea was horribly abusive, and there was no dramatic wedding "I object" that I was anticipating for a lot of it. But I continued to feel compelled to keep listening, and I slowly realized why.
This book, this story, is normal. It's basic. It's mundane. It's normalcy is wear it shines. A painful number of members of the LGBTQ* community struggle to just live in the world and feel normal, have a normal job, have friends who don't view their sexuality or gender as an integral part of who they are, be able to fall in love with a girl from the gym like it was any other relationship. So many LGBTQ* people I know (including myself sometimes) feel like they're never going to be able to have a normal relationship, and have it be viewed without question by those in their lives (the adultery in this story aside). But Beers created a story where Spencer and Rebecca, two really normal women, their falling in love was normal, their queerness wasn't a plotpoint. The most it was brought up was the odd comment like "so she plays for your team" and then the dialogue continuing on like it was no big deal. It shouldn't be a big deal, at all, but we live in a world where it just feels like it is, and The Shape of You takes you out of that. It places you in a world, in the shoes of Spencer and Rebecca, where queerness is normal, and their queer love is normal. And that is a beautiful thing.

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