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emvaughters's review
3.0
Wow, so... that was intense. Very interesting book and a quick read, but very disturbing. Especially because it's a memoir.
dude_watchin_with_the_brontes's review
2.0
My friend lent me this book because I was interested in reading some good gender-studies books. This read more like a voyeuristic book about a very unhappy adolescence. I'd rather have just re-read Middlesex.
suesviews's review
4.0
Fascinating, disturbing, interesting, eye-opening. That this sort of thing still was happening in my lifetime is shocking. Her writing style is very simple, but that adds to the effect. It is spoken by a young person, in a young person's voice.
ari__s's review against another edition
4.0
This story made me frustrated with the psychology community for some of the decisions its made regarding certain disorders. The story of Daphne is frustrating, painful, and sad, mostly because of the decisions made regarding her gender presentation (and I will be looking into Daphne's Scholinski's gender preference, because I may be using the wrong pronoun). It's not the individuals' who have the disorder; it's the disordered thinking of society regarding gender that is the problem. This memoir does a beautiful job of showing this.