
Openly Straight
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Narrated by:
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Pete Cross
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By:
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Bill Konigsberg
About this listen
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, LLCCritic Reviews
I loved it!
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LOVED this!
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I’ll be reading this one again (and again)
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Thoughtful
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An awaking
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Heart-warming: a lesson in writing
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I'm not sure the heart of the story is really something that needs to be told - yeah, it's easier to pretend not to be gay! Cooool... I'm aware of that already. It was charming, but felt quite poorly thought through, concept and theme-wise
Also some super awkward references to how whacky and out there (and implied; wrong) trans, genderqueer and gender divergent people are.
I'm torn
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