Reviews with content warning for Misogyny - Us

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serendipitysbooks's review

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4.5

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mari1532's review against another edition

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4.0

I was able to read this book through my library.

Brief Summary: This graphic novel follows the love story of Sara and Diana through Diana's gender transition. Providing a duel perspective the reader follows Sara and Diana through from the very beginning of Diana's decision to transition and both Sara and Diana's thoughts and feelings throughout the beginning of their journey.

Thoughts: If I could use one word to describe this book it would be heartwarming. Sara and Diana are both so honest about their journey and do not shy away from the more difficult feelings that they had as they navigated this new stage in their relationship. Sara's perspective was very enlightening and honest. Diana's perspective was raw and beautiful.

I also really enjoyed the art throughout the comic and how certain characters were depicted as devoid of color so you knew before the story even started how things were going to go with this character.

They also adopt a cat!

Lovely book and I would recommend you pick it up for you and a friend.

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amazelan's review against another edition

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4.0

une BD très complète qui retrace les débuts d'une transition avec douceur mais sans oublier les péripéties transphobes.

j'ai beaucoup aimé les dessins !
la façon de raconter est vraiment typique d'un fanzine mais ça change, j'aime bien.
je trouve ça chouette d'avoir le pdv à la fois de Diana et de Sara, ça montre l'intersection des discriminations très bien : transphobie, mysoginie, lesbophobie, biphobie.
les passages de violence ne sont pas atténués et c'est important de ne pas l'avoir fait, mais il n'y a pas non plus un giga focus sur ça. c'est aussi un bol de douceur et d'air frais, avec des passages super mimis, remplis d'amour.

je pense que c'est une BD parfaite pour sensibiliser les personnes à la transidentité, mais c'est aussi chouette à lire en tant que concerné.e parce que ça fait du bien de lire une histoire où tout n'est pas sur-dramatisé :)

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black_flamed_candle_b00ks's review against another edition

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4.25

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jayisreading's review

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informative fast-paced

3.5

Us is a graphic memoir that focuses on Sara Soler’s relationship with her partner, Diana, who is a trans woman, and how they navigated the reactions that people had about Diana’s transitioning. While Soler herself isn’t trans, she takes care to focus on her partner’s experiences, and the good and bad of how people reacted. Relatedly, I appreciated that Soler disclosed her initial reactions to Diana being trans, which weren’t especially negative per se, but they weren’t necessarily the greatest either. I do think it takes some courage to be that honest, and I like that she took time to reflect on this and understand how she needs to improve.

That being said, Us really read more like a guide for cisgender people on how not to react to people coming out as transgender. While Soler did place focus on Diana’s experiences (and, of course, their relationship), the whole graphic memoir still read very much like it was coming from a cisgender person and how they’re understanding the trans identity. It didn’t quite rub me the wrong way, but I felt like it would have been better to have gotten Diana’s actual perspective.

It’s clear that a lot of love went into this graphic memoir, and I’m certainly glad that Soler was and continues to be an incredibly supportive partner for Diana. I just think I wasn’t the target audience, especially because this graphic novel definitely had more of an educational slant to it than I expected.

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ksuazo94's review against another edition

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4.0

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robinks's review

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5.0

I loved this story! As a trans person, the anecdotes were so relatable. The art and colors are also really cute.

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betweentheshelves's review against another edition

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5.0

This is just a really lovely graphic novel memoir about finding yourself, and finding people who accept you as you are. The overall tone is lighthearted, but doesn't shy away from some of the more difficult topics that come with being trans and queer in present day society. I especially appreciated that they emphasized that there is no one way to be trans, and highlighted a lot of information in that aspect.

The tone stays pretty upbeat for most of the book, and I thoroughly enjoyed the art style. An important book and just a lovely one to read.

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