Spit and Passion

I really dug the art and raw honesty of this queer coming of age memoir. The ending was a little abrupt, but I guess how do you really decide when to end your coming of age memoir?

I'm not super sure who the best audience for this is? Like, I think that probably queer teens would relate to the coming out narrative, BUT a lot of this is also very ingrained with coming of age in the early 90s–no internet, no way to experience the punk subculture except by seeing Green Day on MTV and then eventually learning that by being on MTV, other punk groups considered Green Day to be sellouts. So in that sense it might be better appreciated by 20 & 30-somethings.

The main thing is that the language and art are explicit–definitely don't hand it to a tween. I think I will keep it shelved in teen, though–ultimately it is a high school story.