Rating: 5 STARS! Genre: LGBTQ+/Contemporary/YA Series/Standalone: Standalone How I got this book: Bought Barney's a shoo-in for his school's LGBTQ+ Society President at the club's next election. But when the vote is opened up to the entire student body, the whole school starts paying attention. How low will the candidates go to win? Buckle up for some serious shade, scandals and sleazy shenanigans. It isn't long before it's National Coming Out Day - for everyone's secrets! But when the group faces an expected threat - and a big opportunity - can the club members put politics aside and stand united? TW: Homophobia/Queerphobia/Transphobia, homophobic language, hate-fuelled violence.
Simon James Green does it again! It wouldn't be (almost) summer if Simon James Green wasn't releasing another LGBTQ+ YA novel for me to become obsessed with! Gay Club! is everything I've come to expect from an SJG novel - funny, witty, inclusive and quintessentially British. But where this book differs from those that came before is that it hits the nail on the head much, much harder. Barney Brown is certain he's going to be the next president of the LGBTQ+ club at school. After all, 2 out of 3 of the other members are his best friends, so surely it's in the bag? That is until his rival opens the vote to the whole school and suddenly there's politics, underhand shenanigans, and the school's golden boy causing trouble and ruffling Barney's feathers. "Here's my gay agenda: we're all voting for this, right? So let's make the whole school the gay club." Gay Club! has all of Simon James Green's classic humour and realistic British high-school antics that keep the plot fresh, fun and moving forward. Barney and his friends are diverse, relatable and leap off the page. They have great chemistry and it was impossible not to root for them. So much so that I devoured this whole book in just a day, desperate to find out what would happen next and how it all would end. One thing that felt very different in this book, compared to Simon's previous novels, was the queerphobia, which is an undercurrent throughout the novel. Simon tackles this head-on, in a no-nonsense way that was both really powerful and really difficult at times to read, but which goes to show exactly how resilient, strong and beautiful the LGBTQ+ community is as a whole. I love the messages in Gay Club! of standing up for what's right and being true to yourself and, as always, through Barney, Simon James Green has given us another sweet and entirely relatable main character that I'm pretty sure we can all see parts of ourselves in. I think Gay Club! is a fantastic book for everyone, whether you're gay, trans, bi, lesbian, questioning, straight - if you enjoy sweet, loveable characters, OTT British high-school drama, a little romance, and friends who're more like family, Gay Club! is the book for you! #VoteBarney "You don't have to come out to come in" Perfect for fans of Sex Education, Heartstopper, Jack of Hearts and Other Parts, and any of Simon's other YA books. Fans of Noah Can't Even should also look out for a familiar face popping up in Gay Club! Comments are closed.
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