Book Review Blog — Adult Readership

Meat Market by Juno Dawson Pub Date: 23 May 2019 Publisher: Quercus Teens & YA PGBB Reviewed on NetGalley 02 June 2019 ⭐5/5  Juno Dawson just gets better and better with every book!  Meat Market is an extraordinarily accurate exposé of the fashion industry in the real world told through the experience of an utterly believable and lovable fictitious character: Jana Novak.  In fact, I'm sure I know her!  I spent over 10 years in the modelling world, and it hasn't changed in 35 years. I remember it well and traced many of the same cities that Jana does and shared many of her experiences, good and bad. It...

Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen By Amrou Al-Kadhi Pub Date: 03 October 2019Publisher: Fourth EstateBiographies & Memoirs, LGBTQIA, Adult ReadershipPGBB Reviewed on NetGalley 15 May 2019 ⭐5/5   Amrou Al-Kadhi’s writing glitters and flows effortlessly, as comfortable as a conversation between close friends. Meanwhile, hiding below the surface is an incredibly well structured, intelligent and intensive examination of so many of life’s most difficult and contentious issues: gender, identity, family, love, Islam, Christianity - to name a small sample - each handled with care.  While the telling is easy and compelling, the story is hard and painful...