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kirstenf's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Dysphoria
Moderate: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Blood, and Body horror
Minor: Vomit, Outing, Transphobia, Sexism, Misogyny, and Cancer
tiernanhunter's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Outing, Sexual content, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Sexism, and Misogyny
Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy
aexileigh's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Transphobia, Sexism, Sexual content, and Medical trauma
clarabooksit's review against another edition
4.0
I will say, though, that I’m not sure who the intended audience is for this book. The art style and voice read very, very young but some of the content is very adult—nothing too explicit but there are frank, open discussions of sex and sexuality as well as some nudity. So, I’m going with teenagers? Maybe?
Aside from that, I enjoyed this graphic memoir. Kobabe’s humor, frankness, vulnerability and early 2000s nostalgia are spot on. I especially loved eir discussions with friends and family about gender and sexuality. It was also nice to see eir confusion. So many identity stories are about people struggling to get others to accept who they know they are but there are so few stories of people not really knowing who they are. I appreciated Kobabe’s uncertainty and how difficult it was for em to figure it all out.
I also liked the clean, easy-to-read art style. I do wish it had read more adult and I thought the narrative often felt pieced together, which didn’t flow well.
Overall, though, I’m really glad I read this. And I think you should, too.
Graphic: Dysphoria and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Sexism
cozylifewithabby's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Medical trauma and Dysphoria
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Body horror
Minor: Incest and Pregnancy
nerdysread's review against another edition
5.0
Thanks to NetGalley I had the occasion to read the deluxe edition. And honestly the introduction, the afterword and the extra made this perfect book into a better than Perfect book. I love it, one of my favourite
Graphic: Blood and Medical trauma
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Cancer
aegireads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Sexism, Medical trauma, and Medical content
skudiklier's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Homophobia
Moderate: Transphobia, Bullying, and Sexism