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careinthelibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Outing, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Medical content, Dysphoria, Terminal illness, Racism, Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Classism
jem_carstairs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Grief, Outing, and Transphobia
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Body shaming
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Outing, Grief, Transphobia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Racism
cursed_reader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Racism
noahsingh's review
Graphic: Transphobia, Outing, Racism, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Body shaming
Minor: Dementia, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Homophobia
rcsreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The books begins with the death of famous jazz trumpeter Joss Moody and the discovery by everyone but his wife that Joss has boobies wrapped up under his suit. The story is told from various perspectives, his wife Millie, his son Coleman, various friends and an extremely annoying and unpleasant journalist.
I liked Kay's writing style but if I put the book down between chapters I could just leave it for days. There was no momentum or need to keep going. It was at points almost like a set of short stories on a theme rather than a cohesive novel.
Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, and Death of parent
rrb101's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Outing, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Racism and Sexual content
Minor: Fatphobia
sorcha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Transphobia, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Homophobia
Minor: Deadnaming, Terminal illness, and Sexual content
tina94's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Death, and Grief