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pipn_t's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
5.0
I really enjoyed this one, the narration style was really interesting, I enjoyed the present author talking to himself from the past.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder
clichemarker's review against another edition
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Vomit, Transphobia, Eating disorder, and Lesbophobia
cmoryeah's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
lauryngreen's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
bookph1le's review against another edition
4.0
I sometimes had trouble understanding this book because, as an American, the British slang was extremely hard for me to parse at times. That's totally fine, since I'm an American who understands that not everything needs to be/is about the United States.
Lewis's struggles are often harrowing. I was especially dismayed and angered by the difficulty he had in accessing gender affirming care, an issue that really pushes my buttons because gender affirming care is under constant attack in the U.S. It's so inhumane to deny trans people access to care because cis people have feelings about it. I am a cis person, and I'm here to tell my fellow cis people that how we feel is irrelevant. Trans people should be able to access the care they want and need without having to jump through a billion hoops to get it.
Lewis's struggles are often harrowing. I was especially dismayed and angered by the difficulty he had in accessing gender affirming care, an issue that really pushes my buttons because gender affirming care is under constant attack in the U.S. It's so inhumane to deny trans people access to care because cis people have feelings about it. I am a cis person, and I'm here to tell my fellow cis people that how we feel is irrelevant. Trans people should be able to access the care they want and need without having to jump through a billion hoops to get it.
mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
This was absolutely fab! So excited that my library had this one in stock!
In this book we follow Lewis/Louis. He is a trans man who tells us about his school years and how he was trying to figure out what and who he was. He was a girl back then and we see how he strugglee with his years in school and afterwards. Girl or not? Love, should I snog or not? Who do I like, men? Women? Everything? There are questionable fashion choices and hair options. At times it was painful and I was heartbroken to see how Lewis when he was still Louis started to starve and exercise endless to get rid of curves, to get rid of the fat, to get rid of everything.
I loved how the book flashed back to the past, but also allowed Lewis to talk to himself from back then. How he understood, but also at times was just laughing at it all. We also get convos with family and friends on what they thought about things, how they felt when he came out and told them about how he felt, when he really decided to live as a man. It was a fantastic memoir and I just devoured it.
HIGHLY recommended.
In this book we follow Lewis/Louis. He is a trans man who tells us about his school years and how he was trying to figure out what and who he was. He was a girl back then and we see how he strugglee with his years in school and afterwards. Girl or not? Love, should I snog or not? Who do I like, men? Women? Everything? There are questionable fashion choices and hair options. At times it was painful and I was heartbroken to see how Lewis when he was still Louis started to starve and exercise endless to get rid of curves, to get rid of the fat, to get rid of everything.
I loved how the book flashed back to the past, but also allowed Lewis to talk to himself from back then. How he understood, but also at times was just laughing at it all. We also get convos with family and friends on what they thought about things, how they felt when he came out and told them about how he felt, when he really decided to live as a man. It was a fantastic memoir and I just devoured it.
HIGHLY recommended.