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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
I don't understand most, and can't relate to the rest. Oh, and too much Bible reference that is losing me even more.
So incredibly charming & heartwarming & funny & delightful & profound
Daniel Lavery is a gift and this was excellent. I’d recommend the audiobook, I think it benefits from being read by the author
It's hard to overstate just how funny Daniel Lavery is. He's spent many years spreading Ayn Rand parodies, Jane Eyre texts, and Shatner musings across the internet like an extremely clever dandelion loosing its seeds to the wind. This books maintains that humor and mastery of language, and the literary and pop culture references are still there - they're everywhere, rapid-fire, you know, like dandelion seeds - is this still a good metaphor? - but the heart of the book is the complex, difficult, euphoric subject of transition. Specifically Daniel's transition, although trans and gender-nonconforming people everywhere will probably find something to relate to here. What a joy to spend some time in the world as he sees it, everything significant, everything shot through with meaning and hard-earned revelation. I am not the same person on the other side of this book, or I am exactly the same person but more so. One of the two.
hopeful
reflective
Daniel Lavery is terrific. And when I understood the pop culture references it was great. If you haven’t read the book/movie that’s being discussed it’s harder to enjoy. I also think there may have been aspects that didn’t work quite as well since it was an audiobook.
This book was excellent! Combines memoir, biblical metaphors, literary analysis, a teensy bit of queer theory, and a healthy dose of humor. I need to buy a physical copy when it comes out in paperback and annotate it. I had to listen to the entire audiobook in one day before it was returned to the library and it was so worth it. (Had a reading slump for most of quarantine which is why I waited to the last minute to start it)
Goes toward my 2019-2020 goal to read more trans authors.
Goes toward my 2019-2020 goal to read more trans authors.
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Supremely enjoyable. I’m not fully up on my classics/scripture so some of the play Daniel does is difficult for me to engage with, but otherwise this work sings. I’ve been reading and listening to his work for awhile and for me this represents a highlight in the genre of memoir and cultural commentary regarding the queer and trans experience. It’s also funny and beautiful as hell.