Read Between the Lines Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Is Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey worth reading? Our review of the sapphic You’ve Got Mail retelling — the soft heat, the third-act breakup, and the series.
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Nevada Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Updated on October 9, 2026 Verdict: The founding novel of contemporary trans women’s fiction — funny, furious and more honest about the inside of a trans lesbian’s head than almost anything before it, undercut by a slack plot, a voice that grates on some readers and an ending built to frustrate. Best for: Readers who … Read more
Rubyfruit Jungle Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Updated on October 9, 2026 Verdict: A funny, fearless, fast-moving lesbian coming-of-age classic with one of the great unapologetic heroines, undercut by attitudes toward butch women, consent and race that have aged badly. Best for: Readers who want the book that gave lesbian fiction its first swaggering, happy-to-be-here heroine, and who can read a 1973 … Read more
Waiting on a Friend Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Updated on October 9, 2026 Verdict: A tender, funny and genuinely devastating AIDS-era grief novel with a ghost-seeing lesbian narrator, undercut by a ghost-trapping caper subplot that readers and critics alike say never quite belongs to the same book. Best for: Readers who want queer history told from inside a friendship rather than from a … Read more