Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
A story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare. “That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.” And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: “Have you ever heard of such a thing?” Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.
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If I could, I’d rate it 2.5 stars. I did not like the authors writing, it was hard for me to stay engaged at times so I didn’t enjoy it as much as I should have. Also, I did not like the different POV’s about Lily’s aunt and parents, I understood it added another level of depth, but going into this book, I was only expecting to read about Lily’s story and because of the different POV’s, I felt like it took away content that we could have had. I literally skipped those chapters entirely. I did like Lily and Kath’s story a lot though, and how Lily stood her ground through it all, it’s something I found admirable. I just wished I liked this book more :\
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