This is definitely not something I would normally read, but I'm glad that I did. I generally try to stay away from sad LGBT books and books featuring conversion therapy in particular, with the idea that the real world is awful enough and I'd rather read something happy or at least set in a happier world in my free time. This book wasn't anywhere near as sad I was expecting consider the setting and subject material, but I do think I was more 'on edge' than usual while reading because I was always just waiting for horrible things to happen and that might have made it a bit harder for me to immerse myself sometimes. Still, I love both the main characters and the intersectionality of the whole thing and at the end it was actually a really cute and sweet book, even though there were definitely sad bits too. Also 'Ziggy on the cross' is probably one of my new favorite phrases so there's that.