Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out: The uplifting, feel-good read of 2023

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Although, can you blame him, when the first time you meet the guy, he spends the night being an absolute dickwad to you, unprovoked? The story follows Arthur and Teddy over a year, as they endeavour to find their place in the world and possibly love.

Mixed with the story of a young person coming to terms with their own sexuality, this book hit close to home and is, to me, an extremely important piece of queer literature. Both Arthur and Teddy are engaging main characters, and there is a good balance so you’re never itching to get back to the other narrator.Teddy is an insightful study of self-doubt and self-sabotage as he struggles to find the right moment to come out as gay. As Teddy deals with a new job and colleague he might have feelings for, Arthur faces the opinions of the community he's lived in all his life. To me, “Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out” is marketed as this lighthearted, heartwarming little book about a grandpa and a grandson both coming out to their family members as being gay. I loved the way Shakeel’s presence bubbles along so that he helps define Teddy in the reader’s mind.

I liked Teddy's eventual romance plot, but again, I felt like the payoff was rushed and didn't quite give enough space to a narrative that is familiar to a lot of queer people. There are a lot of characters in the book, both in the family and outside, and some of them don't really become more than a name due to this (like Teddy's sisters, who it is hard to tell the difference between).This decision has ramifications in his family and community, but overall the vibe is one of familial support. He provided some really poignant and emotional moments for the book, particularly the parts highlighting his past, as well as his constant love and support for Teddy and his family. Deshalb würde ich das Buch übrigens auch allen Menschen empfehlen, die sich nicht als queer identifizieren, aber sich vielleicht mehr damit beschäftigen möchten, wie das Leben als queere Person unter anderem aussehen kann. When 79-year-old Arthur Edwards gathers his family together to share that he's gay, and after a lifetime in the closet, he's finally ready to come out.