I love these thoughts, Hunter! I think all of what you discussed makes a lot of sense, and I definitely want to keep seeing all your recommendations, whether they have "good" or "bad" characters. I've read 6 of the books that you listed at the bottom and I really liked all of them and the characters in those stories felt very complex!
Very thoughtful. Thank you. Especially this: "My point is, Iām not going to pander to certain readers or hand certain books to them that reshape the idea of what queerness is. They can either get it or go away." The same sentiment underpins my decision to create a lesbian heroine in my novel Sisterly Love (which I am currently serializing on Substack) and to call out the invisibility of this cohort.
I love these thoughts, Hunter! I think all of what you discussed makes a lot of sense, and I definitely want to keep seeing all your recommendations, whether they have "good" or "bad" characters. I've read 6 of the books that you listed at the bottom and I really liked all of them and the characters in those stories felt very complex!
Very thoughtful. Thank you. Especially this: "My point is, Iām not going to pander to certain readers or hand certain books to them that reshape the idea of what queerness is. They can either get it or go away." The same sentiment underpins my decision to create a lesbian heroine in my novel Sisterly Love (which I am currently serializing on Substack) and to call out the invisibility of this cohort.
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