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That Non-Platonic Feeling by Stefan Jewett
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Sincerely, Carter by Whitney G. My rating: 1 of 5 stars Oh, wow, this was ridiculously bad. Carter and Arizona have been friends since fourth grade. They are the closest of platonic friends – until they, as is most convenient for the plot, both suddenly at the same time realise how insanely hot they are for each other. With all the language skills of a teenager and the sensitivity of a butcher, Whitne...

Just finished reading Dream State by Eric Puchner, and it kind of pissed me off. I think I can see exactly why it might be popular with a certain WASPy liberal "literati" type that probably includes a lot of influential reviewers, but to me, it's points about love & life, despite being much more complex, ring just about as hollow (and harmful) as a Disney movie.
I've got a lot of quibbles, but I think most galling to me was a throwaway line near the beginning about why platonic relationships get so much less glory in media than romantic ones, when so much of the plot proceeds to revolve around a stale agency-free romantic attraction model that's certainly more complex on its face than a Disney romance but which is ultimately just as misleading.
Go read Loveless or really any YA #OwnVoices romance (especially queer) and you'll be learning more & better lessons about the human condition.