Juliet Takes a Breath

Posted on 22 March 2017 by Gabby Rivera

Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon She just came out to her family and isn t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again But Juliet has a plan, sort of, one that s going to help her figure out this whole Puerto Rican lesbian thing She s interning with the author of her favorite book Harlowe Brisbane, the ultimate authority on feminism, women s bodies, and other gay sounding stuff Will Juliet be able to figure out her life over the course of one magical summer Is that even possible Or is she running away from all the problems that seem too big to handle With questions than answers, Juliet takes on Portland, Harlowe, and most importantly, herself. New Download Juliet Takes a Breath [ By ] Gabby Rivera [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Exuberant and gorgeous debut novel about a young queer Puerto Rican woman from the Bronx who spends a summer in Portland as an intern to a hippy white woman So much of this book is hilarious and charming I kept finding myself laughing out loud And the gorgeous, moving turns of phrase made me catch my breath Really great story telling here So much to relate to as a queer POC trying to make sense of the broader queer and feminist communities I did want to see this book have a stronger edit Exuberant and gorgeous debut novel about a young queer Puerto Rican woman from the Bronx who spends a summer in Portland as an intern to a hippy white...Feminism I m new to it The word still sounds weird and wrong Too white, too structured, too foreign something I can t claim Though this is the opening of the book, it sets a tone that defines the rest of the novel It is a rare book that from the very beginning I can feel it sinking into my bones, but that is exactly what this felt like And despite the fact that I kept worrying maybe that feeling would go away, I was entranced from beginning to end, and sobbed through the epilogue This i Feminism I m new to it The word still sounds weird and wrong Too white, too structured, too foreign something I can t claim Though this is the opening o...if it s a phase, so what if it s your whole life, who cares you re destined to evolve and understand yourself in new ways you never imagined before LANGUAGE WARNING FOR THIS REVIEWFrom the very moment Juliet Milagros Palante referred to herself as a ferocious cunt I knew I d like this book First of all, because teenagers swearing is realistic and I want itin books Second of all, because I just think there s something entirely glorious about referring to yourself as a ferocious cuntif it s a phase, so what if it s your whole life, who cares you...Damn, this book is beautiful Damn, I needed this book Damn, I m glad this book exists Damn. JTAB is all about discovering your self worth, finding your voice, being brave enough to use it, and learning to write yourself into existence because if you don t do it yourself, no one else will.When I first looked up this book, I didn t really get what it was about Some queer Puertorrique a snags an internship with some white hippie super feminist for the summer I mean, I could get down with that, Damn, this book is beautiful Damn, I needed this book Damn, I m glad this book exists Damn. JTAB is all about discovering your self worth, finding your...Oh my heart Juliet is one of those heroines who is so wry and funny, but innocent too The hours I spent with this book gave me a bit of my 19 year old self back, and I m going to try to talk about why and how much it would have meant to me to read something like this then.Juliet is looking for knowledge she s newly out, on a mission to discover how being a feminist and being a lesbian and being a round, brown girl all fit together, and she thinks she s going to figure everything out in Portlan Oh my heart Juliet is one of those heroines who is so wry and funny, but innocent too The hours I spent with this book gave me a bit of my 19 year old self back, and I m going to try to talk about why and how much it would have meant to me to read something like this then.Juliet is looking for knowledge she s newly out, on a mission to discover how being a feminist and being a lesbian and being a round, brown girl all fit together, and she thinks she s going to figure everything out in Portland, Oregon at the feet of the pussy lady, Harlowe Brisbane At 19, I was a student in Asheville, North Carolina like a southern, mini Portland and there were a lot of Harlowe Brisbane types in my life I loved how Juliet was open to confronting all the new concepts being thrown at her and how she filtered them through herself and embraced trying out even the ones she ultimately chose to reject Juliet s openness was part of what made her such a powerful personality to read.That openness was ful...I strongly believe that everybody should read this book You don t have to be a woman to like it, nor a woman who loves other women you don t have to be white, asian, latino, black you just have to be you to like this book as much as I did.I don t even know where to start There are so many things I want to say and I m afraid I won t be able to do this book justice Because this book represents everything I m looking for in a Contemporary Everything.The main character, Juliet, just came out I strongly believe that everybody should read this book You don t... An ARC was provided by the publisher via netgalley but all opinions are my own.On hold DNF 35%One of the reasons I m trying not to DNF this is because I think I need to readto understand why I m not enjoying this.Okay it s been months now, and I know that I ll never pick this up again I m not going to rate it because I feel like it would be unfair, but I ve had some time to think about this book and I ve done so with an incredibly uncomfortable feeling in my gut every single time Let m An ARC was provided by the publisher via netgalley but all opinions are my own.On hold DNF 35%One of the reasons I m trying not to DNF this is because I think I need to readto understand why I m not enjoying this.Okay it s been months now, and I know that I ll never pick this up again I m not going to rate it because I feel like it would be unfair, but I ve had some time to think about this book and I ve done so with an incredibly uncomfortable feeling in my gut every single time Let me get there.There is nothing wrong with this book itself It s an incredibly powerful book that will help a lot of people cope with thin...dare you to read the introduction in the free sample and not immediately want to read this book.OR IS YOUR PUSSY NOT EMPOWERED YETMan, I hate to give this only 2 stars but I just can t honestly give it anyIt s too bad because the ideas really have potential the general plot outline sounds just like the coming out of age novels I love, the affectionate parodies of white feminism were spot on the excerpts from Raging Flower were fucking brilliant Some of the writing on the sentence level was quite nice Ugh, and I totally support the book s QTPOC politics too I really wanted to love this THERE S EVEN A SEXY...For an in depth review, visit my blog Read Diverse BooksReading Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera was one of the most positive, transformative, illuminating experiences I ve had this year It s certainly my favorite 2016 release, by far A novel hasn t resonated with me this profoundly in a long time The last book that elicited a similar reaction from me was A...

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22 March 2017

Gabby Rivera