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bronsonmh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book was just wow. I really enjoyed reading it. It was very raw and powerful. I thought it was a great character based book. Amanda was such a strong character with a great voice. Granted this is the first book that I have read in which the main character was trans so I did not know so much about what they really go through. This book was a start of a great education for me. I would love to learn more about them and try to understand them to the best of my abilities. I listened to it as an audio book and thought it was a great choice. Also I highly recommend people to read or listen to the authors note. She talks about how this is her telling a story and things might not happen so easy in real life, but it really is a great positive way for people to think. I also liked the idea of flash back chapters to when Amanda was Andrew and her journey to become who she really wanted to be. The only issue I have with the book is some of the writing style and a little bit with the plot. For awhile I was trying to figure out what the main plot story was, but since this was character based I understand. And sometimes I did not like how the chapters jumped sometimes like from one scene to the next so fast you have no idea how you got there. Other than that I think it is a great read and a great debut novel. Hope to read more from her soon.
Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Outing, Transphobia, Hate crime, and Homophobia
trishnasaha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Outing
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Drug use, Bullying, Alcohol, and Addiction
pirrelli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Outing
bent5390's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Graphic: Bullying, Transphobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Deadnaming, Outing, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Dysphoria and Death
grizzlysnack's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual assault, Outing, and Bullying
Minor: Deadnaming
truly_nayaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Outing, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, and Violence
mintchocolatechip's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Outing, and Hate crime
Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Dysphoria
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
spookystag's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Transphobia, Hate crime, Outing, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, and Violence
Minor: Deadnaming and Fatphobia
jude7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Biphobia
Minor: Abortion
alyshkalia's review against another edition
Graphic: Bullying, Transphobia, Outing, and Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence