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Obie Is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar

8 reviews

wildatheart1339's review

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4.5

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sargjo's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

An uplifting, gripping book that I think has wide appeal to lots of tweens. While Obie encounters transphobia and bullying, sometimes graphically described, it is his security in his own identity and the strength of his community that shines through. Plus a killer swim competition which I’m always a sucker for in books.

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misscalije's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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gabriellelow's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

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

This was such a beautiful story and I definitely cried reading it. Obie's journey of accepting all facets of his identity was executed so well and I think the biggest strength of this book was having the perspective be from a middle schooler. Transgender athletes, specifically swimming, has been in the news a lot lately and so much of it has been negative, so giving a voice to a younger generation of athletes who are also transgender was amazing.

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foreverinastory's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The author reads the audiobook and Schuyler did an amazing job! I loved his narrator and this book so much. The author notes at the end really got me too.

Rep: Half Korean, half white trans male MC, cishet Latine female love interest, white trans male side character, cishet Korean male side character.

CWs: Transphobia/transmisia, bullying, deadnaming, misgendering, homophobia/homomisia, f-slur, violence, outing. Moderate: past mentions of suicidal thoughts, death, death of grandparent, mentions of war, toxic friendship, injury/injury detail, medical content (stitches), racism, dysphoria, grief. Minor: lesbophobia/lesbomisia, ableism, panic attacks.

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1979lwt's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I LOVED IT and the little note at the end from the author to trans kids reading the book was AMAZING i mena the whole book i was questioning if i was “trans enough” because i had it different from Obie but omg the note helped so much

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cowboyrogue's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

schuyler bailar did a beautiful job writing this book. all of the characters felt extremely real. i often was able to feel my own hurt in obie's, and all of the struggles about loving his identity that he faced were ones i also found myself heavily relating to. this is a beautiful novel about identity, coming to terms with yourself, friendship, and learning to be confident. absolutely stunning. bailar's endnotes to his transgender readers hit home, and his note to cis readers was equally as important. hoping many cisgender people learn from this book and many trans people see themselves in it. i thoroughly enjoyed it.

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hawkrose18's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

CAWPILE: 8.71

I received an advanced copy of this book for review and let me say that it was so good. This is the kind of book I think everyone should read (if the content won't trigger them) because it allows for better understanding of being a kid not comfortable with being in the body they were born in. Obie was a great kid and I am so glad that he was able to do what he needed to do. There were definitely things that I wish were handled or executed differently, in general and in resolution, but this book was still a great one.

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