Episode 110: This Lullaby

This Lullaby

On Episode 110, book lover and bookstagrammer Sarah Coquillat is on the pod to chat about a book she absolutely loved as a teenager, Sarah Dessen’s This Lullaby. Does she still love it just as much after a reread? You’ll have to listen to find out.

Sarah and Alli discuss dreamy (and not-so-dreamy) literary heartthrobs, slut-shaming, the lack of diversity in YA from this era, and the author’s portrayal of sexual assault in This Lullaby. They also talk about several common tropes in teen romance: characters who don’t believe in love, young men ruthlessly pursuing their love interests, and young women needing to be “figured out” by their partners.

(**Trigger warning: sexual assault)

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LISTEN TO THE SPEAK EPISODE HERE!

CHECK OUT SARAH’S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin

Beach Read by Emily Henry

MORE READING:

“This Lullaby” (Publishers Weekly, 2002)

“This Lullaby” (The Reading Tub)

“Review: This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen” (A Midnight Blog, 2014)

“This Lullaby” (Kirkus Reviews, 2002)

“Could This Book Be Any More Perfect?: This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen” (HelloGiggles, 2013)

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