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“Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl” Is a Swoony Queer Neurodiverse Romance
Heather Hogan
Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. She's a member of the Television Critics Association, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, and a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram.
Heather has written 1718 articles for us.
I love all the book reviews lately! This one sounds really good, adding it to the top of my list. Thinking about how great it is that there’s so many queer YA book options out there now compared to 15-20 years ago when I would just repeatedly check out Annie On My Mind from the library.
Yessss I loved this book <3
Sold! Adding this to my library request list immediately. Thanks for your great books coverage, Autostraddle
Listening to the audiobook and it is an absolute delight! Well written, well performed.
I read this book in a single sitting entirely because of this review and I was very glad I did, I was laugh-screaming at certain parts.
when i tell you i ran to the library after reading the title of this article! how lovely to revisit YA and find stories that challenge narrative norms in terms of representation and cultural commentary. i’d super suggest imogen, obviously by becky albertalli to anyone who especially liked this book’s commentary re: femme invisibility and gatekeeping queerness. thank you for the review, heather & autostraddle!
Thanks to recommendation I listened to the audiobook in 2 days last weekend. I really enjoyed the whole thing.
Somehow despite basically alternating chapters, Margo feels a lot more of a well developed character than Abbie.
It takes place in a fantasy of Florida where the characters acknowledge the governor’s “don’t say gay” laws, but no one they encounter in their world and school is homophobic at all … which is fine. Lovely, fun, lightweight escapism. Sometimes that’s exactly what I need to read.