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ms_tiahmarie's review
~Love as deeply as you can, every day. Know that all the love you give away will come back to you, two-fold. The people you love most won't always get everything right. Carry on loving them anyway.~
~I don't want to be here, with my own self like this. My body–I don't want to see it. I don't want to touch it.~
~I want to dress like a boy...Because I am a boy.~
~A fissure had opened up. Sally could almost see it, a crack that she wanted desperately to fix. They hadn't ever disagreed about anything as important as this. But Riley's face came back into her mind, and she couldn't back down.~
~Theo felt as if he was on the outside of an aquarium tank, tapping on the glass...trying to get anyone to listen.~
~I don't want to be here, with my own self like this. My body–I don't want to see it. I don't want to touch it.~
~I want to dress like a boy...Because I am a boy.~
~A fissure had opened up. Sally could almost see it, a crack that she wanted desperately to fix. They hadn't ever disagreed about anything as important as this. But Riley's face came back into her mind, and she couldn't back down.~
~Theo felt as if he was on the outside of an aquarium tank, tapping on the glass...trying to get anyone to listen.~
zarco_j's review
4.0
Really enjoyed this, wasn't something I'd normally read but it was worth it. Will look for more by this author.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
jayfr's review
4.0
Really enjoyed this, wasn't something I'd normally read but it was worth it. Will look for more by this author.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
kba76's review
4.0
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a topical and thought-provoking read.
Riley is seven and a strong character. At the start of the book a long time is spent showing us how cosy and (dare I say it) comfortably middle-class her parents are. They were even a little irritating. However, when she announces that she wants to be a boy, so many things are questioned and the parents veer into unknown territory.
Do they support Riley in what is expressed, or, at seven, should they keep things ‘normal’ until their child is older and better able to understand the consequences of their actions?
There’s no escaping that this has no answers. Who’s to say what you do for the best in such a situation? I’m sure some readers will be outraged that the parents take the actions they do and others will be horrified by the bigoted response of certain characters.
I don’t think this is something anyone expects to deal with, but it was certainly something that encouraged me to look at a range of views and consider why each felt as they did. I felt that Riley’s behaviour at the end made it all rather easy and I don’t think some of these experiences would go as they do in the novel. Still, a timely look at a subject that many will have strong views on.
Riley is seven and a strong character. At the start of the book a long time is spent showing us how cosy and (dare I say it) comfortably middle-class her parents are. They were even a little irritating. However, when she announces that she wants to be a boy, so many things are questioned and the parents veer into unknown territory.
Do they support Riley in what is expressed, or, at seven, should they keep things ‘normal’ until their child is older and better able to understand the consequences of their actions?
There’s no escaping that this has no answers. Who’s to say what you do for the best in such a situation? I’m sure some readers will be outraged that the parents take the actions they do and others will be horrified by the bigoted response of certain characters.
I don’t think this is something anyone expects to deal with, but it was certainly something that encouraged me to look at a range of views and consider why each felt as they did. I felt that Riley’s behaviour at the end made it all rather easy and I don’t think some of these experiences would go as they do in the novel. Still, a timely look at a subject that many will have strong views on.