3.5 Stars
Nonbinary neurodivergent, polyamorous aspiring writer, Lark is in for a summer of mistakes, learning and growing in Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution. Over the summer they attend a writing class, try to get their first novel published and reach 50K followers on Twitter. When an accident happens and they go viral for something they did not do Lark has to either live a lie or risk everything and tell the truth.
The main message of this novel is wholesome, We all deserve to be loved. I wish I had been able to read this book as I was growing up and trying to figure myself out. Any young adult readers right now need to hear this, Don’t change yourself to make others happy.
This book tackles what feels like all of the social issues at once, it can be a little overwhelming at times. Racism, bullying, anti-trans and anti-queer (especially within the community itself), social media, depression, anxiety, how we deal with trauma...and more are all touched on at one point in the story. With all of the issues, the writing was still so intriguing and vivid. I personally did not care for the Birdie character and thought that they could have been removed and nothing would have been lost from the story.
Overall, this was a great story with a lot of representation with characters you fall in love with in the end, it just might take you a minute to get there.
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