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Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

4.14 AVERAGE

njw13's review against another edition

3.75

emotional 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: Yes

hannazoeo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

A Greek epic to rival the classics.

Cal Stephanides was born twice: first as Callie, a baby girl, then as a teenage boy. Eugenides brilliantly spins this tale from both Cal’s perspective and the perspective of the gene that decided (or didn’t) Cal’s sex and gender. As much as an intersex youth is the central theme of the story, so is the family’s immigrant story. From twisted family secrets that go back generations to Cal’s present-day hurdles, struggles, and discoveries; from the Greek isles under Turkish siege to the motorized golden hour of Detroit, the Stephanides family will love, fight, and feed their way into your heart.

“We're all made up of many parts, other halves. Not just me.”

isajanis's review against another edition

4.0

Un libro con muchas historias dentro de una sola historia. Los personajes, vivos, reales, con sus secretos, sus manías y sus miedos, llevan la historia con suavidad durante toda la trama. La pluma de Eugenides es la que les da vida y también la que le da vida a una historia que, escrita por otro, pasaría desapercibida pero que bajo la pluma de Eugenides, brilla.

ashmhow's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful 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

This is my favorite book of all time. The way it's written is so immersive.

konstadinamp's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

aunt_pete's review against another edition

3.0

It's a good story, but I'm a little confussed as to why Eugenides picked such a socially charged topic if he has so little to say on the matter. Does anyone ever close this book and think anything other than "And...?"

neverlonely's review against another edition

5.0

This is the story of a Greek hermaphrodite - not as gross as it sounds. I felt real empathy for Callie.

I kept hearing Scout Finch saying, "You damn morphodite."