4.03 AVERAGE

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micahslibrary's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

honestly i was really excited to read this but i did not like the characters and i realized i did not care what happened to them
i also didn’t like the way detransition was handled in this book. it just felt like the author saw detrans people as failed trans people which is a really gross way to look at a super complex and diverse population.
emotional funny informative sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

anyaj's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 22%

why was this so boring. it should Not have been boring. i would have kept going but Noah told me it doesn’t get any better 
challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Didn't finish at 62%. I tried, I really did. Such overindulgent writing with just the strangest, flimsiest plot. It was one of those books where I questioned who allowed those characters to be out there humaning and adulting without supervision. That was probably the author's point, but it just irritated the shit out of me. I understand the good stuff folks pointed out about the book in reviews, and the pockets of good writing are what kept me reading so long.
adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Witty love story of trans women. 
challenging medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes