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shershenk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Transphobia and Bullying
Moderate: Violence and Deadnaming
Minor: Suicide
pencilspeaker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, and Transphobia
Moderate: Deadnaming
Minor: Suicide
dododenise's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Seeing Dean find and discover himself was pretty neat. But I couldn’t care about anything else in the story.
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Outing, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Biphobia
Minor: Suicide
moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Bullying
Moderate: Deadnaming
Minor: Suicide
maple_dove's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Bullying, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Deadnaming
Misgendering (graphic), Harassment (graphic)rey_therese07's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Bullying, and Homophobia
Moderate: Deadnaming, Outing, Emotional abuse, and Violence
Minor: Suicide and Racism
jo_lzr's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Violence, and Bullying
Minor: Suicide
noyastan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Transphobia, Dysphoria, and Bullying
Minor: Deadnaming, Suicide, and Outing
cameronreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Bullying and Transphobia
Moderate: Deadnaming and Emotional abuse
Minor: Biphobia, Suicide, and Outing
lennie_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This book follows Dean, who is already questioning their gender, after they are cast as Romeo in the school play.
I've read other books with trans characters but this was my first experience of meeting a character as they're still discovering their identity.
I loved being able to go along with Dean for the journey of discovery, self acceptance & coming out. I also found it very informative & helpful you are told about different types of binders, hormones & surgery options through Dean's research.
In the first chapter Dean describes themselves as white which I found refreshing. Often it is *assumed* that a character is white unless stated otherwise. And although the main character is white & it's a book about being trans, there are also multiple occasions where the author points out how different people's experience can be if they're black or POC. Dean's 2 best friends are Ronnie, a gay black guy, and Allison, a bisexual Japanese girl, they also have a skater friend called Jared who is white & straight. The fact that the world treats POC, especially Black people, differently in the US is also mentioned in reference to the Police.
At the beginning of the book Dean is in a lesbian relationship with Zoe & they have plans to go to college in NYC together.
This book deals with some heavy & sensitive issues regarding gender & sexuality within Zoe & Dean's relationship.
It also shows what it's like to not have supportive parents & what that can mean for trans people, especially trans people of colour.
We also witness how Dean is the victim of some intense bullying at school once he come out as trans.
The friendships in this book are amazing & I feel that a big focus for this book is found family & how important friendships are in the queer community.
It's a heavy book but so wonderful and I 100% recommend.
CW: Outing, deadnaming, transphobia, homophobia, violence, racism
Graphic: Bullying and Transphobia
Moderate: Body shaming and Deadnaming
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Outing, and Suicide
Suicide CW is in reference to a parent's friend in the past