Reviews

Género Queer by Maia Kobabe

ismurray's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

daffodilreads's review against another edition

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3.0

As someone born in 1993 who lived through the Harry Potter boom, Tumblr, fanfiction, and more, I absolutely loved this story for its nostalgic vibes. It reminded me of so many experiences from my own journey and showed me how someone else processed similar moments differently. However, I felt it lacked depth in explaining complex topics, such as healthy relationships and sex in LGBTQ+ contexts and what vaginismus is. I also wished it delved more into her conversation with her aunt about her response to whether her feelings were internalized misogyny. 

This book has sparked a lot of controversy and has even been suggested for banning. I don't think it should be banned; it's an important story. Even though to my liking, it missed some topics, I still learned a lot from Maia's experiences. That said, I don't think this book is suitable for elementary or even middle school kids. 

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐ 3 

Como una mujer nacida en 1993, que vivió a través de el boom de Harry Potter, Tumblr, fanfiction, entre muchas otras cosas, disfrute esta historia por nostalgia. Me gusto leer sobre momentos de mi mismo desarrollo y como estos fueron procesados de manera diferente. Senti que le falto explicar muchos temas complejos, como lo es información sobre una relación y sexo saludable en relaciones LGBTQ+, y que es vaginismus. Tambien me hubiera gustado leer mas sobre la conversación que tuvo con su tia cuando le pregunto si lo que sentía no era misoginea internalizada. 

Entiendo que es un libro con mucha controversia donde se ha intentado hasta incluir en la lista de libros baneados. No creo que este libro deba ser baneado, es una importante historia y aunque siento que le falto hablar sobre algunos temas, también aprendí mucho de la experiencia de Maia. De la misma manera, no creo que este libro es para niños de nivel primaria o incluso de secundaria. 

 En general: ⭐⭐⭐ 3 

sophiefi's review against another edition

4.5

The way this comic reads is outstanding. 

soupylove's review against another edition

Reading Maia's memoir of figuring out eir gender, dating, and socializing was insightful and heartfelt. E came out multiple times not always having the answers, and the ending is open just like life. This is was my first book about non binary people, and I'm excited to keep on learning. BTW please stop banning books. Luckily (and surprisingly) I was able to read this book from my library. I want others to have this same opportunity!

(Aww I thought it was cute how siblings were able to work on this book together. Maia wrote and drew while Phoebe colored.)

kacyhelwick's review against another edition

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5.0

kirstenrose22's review against another edition

4.0

This is interesting, although sometimes heavily didactic. There also wasn’t much of an ending (which, I understand why, in the memoir of a young person, but still......). Very thoughtful, and there’s a lot packed in here.

francescaf's review against another edition

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5.0

goodbooksgreatgoats's review against another edition

4.0

I really appreciate the author for writing this memoir and sharing eir story. Personal stories are important and help us to learn and grow, and I felt that I did learn a lot reading it. My issues with the book were that the story kind of jumped around, almost like it was just following the author's stream of thought (which is not a bad thing, it just didn't work for me in this case), and that the ending was extremely abrupt. 3.5*

thekristinashow's review against another edition

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4.0

I decided to give this book a listen on Libro.fm, and I do not regret listening to Maia tell the story at all. After all, it’s Maia’s story to tell. 

This was also my banned book choice for June, and I’m actually extremely sad that this book is banned. I could see this book being helpful to those who may be going through some of the gender identity questions that Maia has gone through. 

More importantly, this book offered me perspectives that will help me in the ways I show up for others as an ally. 

Thank you Maia for being vulnerable in sharing your stories so that others, like me, might be able to learn and apply these learnings to be better and more accepting humans. 

benmilo's review against another edition

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3.5

Tbh I thought I would like this more bc I share a lot of labels with the author. And I could relate to some of the experiences. But overall the comic felt very stream-of-conciousness. I often felt a little lost. Overall an important comic tho, especially for allies that want to understand genderqueer people better.