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OH HONEY
OH HONEY | Emily Austin
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Sharp, funny, and dark, this novel is about identity and connection. Jane is a telemarketer. She uses a different name each time, and soon it becomes clear that she is calling the same man again and again. Each call is a new battle between them, with him becoming angrier and more threatening. But Jane isn t calling him at random; Jane has a purpose; and Jane has a past which seems to change each time she tells it."
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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
OH HONEY | Emily Austin
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This was ... not what I was expecting. I was sent it to review for my queer Canadian book blog, but it doesn't have any queer content, which made for a weird reading experience b/c I kept waiting for something that never happened. Regardless, I might have loved a book like this in my late teens or early 20s, but now dark, angsty fiction with a damaged protagonist just isn't my thing. Very Catcher in the Rye-esque. #CanLit

Reggie Maybe that is how far queer has traveled, we've come full circle, that no queer characters makes it queer. Lol jk. 7y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian @Reggie It is an interesting question if an author's identity​ alone makes a queer book. That's not how I use the term "queer book" though and not what I was anticipating with this one! 7y
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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
OH HONEY | Emily Austin
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This book is simultaneously like something I would have written in my early twenties and reminiscent of The Catcher in the Rye, which may be connected, actually, given how into that book I was as a teenager. Anyhow, this book is very addictive, with the same kind of strong, opinionated, weird voice that Holden Caulfield has. #QueerBooks

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