又是一部“人人都爱特立独行的文艺女孩”的系列书。篇幅不长,开头平庸无亮点,耐着性子翻到两人的“小屋事件”被揭发后突然好看起来,通过作者对配角们各种小细节的描写,光彩几乎胜过主角。不管是一直对Liza寄予厚望,在得知情况后反复念着“you are my daughter”的父亲;在trustees’ hearing上用可笑的理由为自己女儿辩护的母亲;躲在房间哭泣的Chad,还是试图“矫正”Liza的Sally,或者是以“道德审判者”“教育者”自居的告发人Ms. Baxter,他们都是现实中存在着的、有着最真实模样的普通人类,正是因为他们这最普通的真实能够被感受,所以格外动人;相比之下,两个主角女孩反而“真善美”到有些不食人间烟火。
The self-righteous bigots in this story made me fuming. It’s always the hypocrites who blabber loudest about MORALITY, which is just an excuse to act out their bigotry. The middle part on the fundraising dragged a bit but then the story caught up on speed. Hard to believe as late as 1980s still so many people held prejudices against les community.