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Neon Roses | Rachel Dawson

so-so

I wanted to read this book because I was really interested in a fictional novel which is set around LGSM. Unfortunately, the introduction did not hold that promise. LGSM is only a minor focus and the promised conflicts at the start of the novel quickly evaporated. Disappointed.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

#queer #LGBT #historicalfiction

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thewallflower0707

Neon Roses | Rachel Dawson

I was busy! This photo covers all fiction novels I bought while in #London & #Bath. The two postcards are from the Vagina Museum, the Lady of Shallot is in #TateBritain and I also bought some fancy make-up, a cute coaster & tea towel.

Neon Roses - Gays the Word
They Were Sisters - Persephone Books
The Night Watch - #Waterstones
The Pairing, Tipping the Velvet, Not for… & Talking at Night - Special discount at WH Smith at Heathrow

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TrishB

Neon Roses | Rachel Dawson

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Read after Helen‘s review and concur completely with Helen‘s review. Love 80s politics, music refs. Etc.

squirrelbrain

JanuarieTimewalker13 Stacking!! 80s right up my alley! 1y

Cuilin Stacked!! 1y

squirrelbrain Yay! Glad you like it too! 1y

Balibee146 Stacked also 1y

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Neon Roses | Rachel Dawson

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Loved this! Set in 1980s Wales against the background of the Miners‘ Strike and the looming AIDS crisis, Eluned struggles through life with little money and no prospects other than marrying her miner boyfriend.

Then Lesbians and Gays Support The Miners arrive in town on a fundraising mission, and everything changesas Eluned meets June. Loved all the 80s references; outfits, music etc. Be warned; the sex is rather explicit. 😳

squirrelbrain @TrishB I think you‘d like this one. @Leniverse - a Welsh-set book to add to your new library list?! 1y

squirrelbrain #pop23 #romancewithafatlead It‘s certainly not a ‘classic‘ romance but I‘m going with it. And with this book I‘m all done with #pop for this year! (edited) 1y

squirrelbrain @karenuk @cortg @originalcyn620 @kelly_the_bookish_sidekick @bookbelle84 @jenniferw88 @ashleyhoss820 @laughterhp @barbarabb @jlhammar @ruthiella @indoordame @raelovestoread @misshel @alisiakae 1y

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RaeLovesToRead Ooh... I will use this for the same prompt! I don't have a lot of romance on my shelf 1y

squirrelbrain @RaeLovesToRead - I was just thinking that this book is what Rosewater *should* have been….I mean, completely different era and very gritty but still…it‘s a queer coming-of-age story that I felt invested in, which I didn‘t with Rosewater. 1y

Cathythoughts Nice review 👍🏻❤️ 1y

LeeRHarry Sounds like the film Pride in book form so I would totally be down for that. Stacked! 😊 1y

BarbaraBB You did finish pop already! So good !!! 1y

Megabooks Great review! 1y

CarolynM What @LeeRHarry said. I love that film. 1y

OriginalCyn620 Congrats on finishing #pop23! I have one more book to go! 1y

TrishB Oh sounds great thanks 👍🏻 1y

squirrelbrain Thanks @OriginalCyn620 ! Congrats to you too for (nearly!) finishing. 🎉 1y

squirrelbrain I haven‘t seen the film @LeeRHarry @CarolynM but just read a synopsis and it certainly sounds like it. ( maybe x rated in parts though!). The big Bronski Beat concert is featured and the MCs sister is going out with a nasty policeman so there‘s that angle too. 1y

jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain I have the DVD of Pride - I could send it to you if you'd like to see it. 1y

squirrelbrain Aw thank you @jenniferw88 , but we don‘t have a DVD player any more! I‘m sure I can find it somewhere on the various TV channels. 1y

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