Reviews with content warning for Transphobia - Call Me Nathan

I do understand where it’s coming from isn’t a place of malice, as far as I can tell. It was well researched, or at least well interviewed, I’d say certain scenes could certainly rub a transmasc the wrong way. I’d not recommend this book if you’re in a darker place on your trans journey and can honestly say I think “genderqueer” did this concept far better in a lot of places. Not the worst book in the world, though I think perhaps just slightly outdated.

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wolfbxy_nate's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

As a trans person who’s chosen name is also Nathan, I was So excited to grab this book. I’m really disappointed by this read. To go and take a single stereotypical pov and half ass this narrative. It just felt like, like why is a cis woman writing this book about this topic? It felt gross reading it. Just taking all the cliché narratives you hear in the media and slamming it in a book and rushing the whole things. Jumping povs suddenly was also jarring and hard to follow.

This was a cis written book written for the cis readers. I hated it.

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nerdysread's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

Bof. Vraiment bof. C’est dur à lire. Heureusement que je ne l’ai pas lu lors d’un épisode de dysphorie hein. Il y a quelques passages intéressant mais sinon on dirait plus un livre écrit par et pour les personnes cis avec pas mal de voyeurisme (les coupures, les organes…). Un peu un « documentaire » M6 quoi mais en bd. Ah et pleins de TW: Automutilation, Transphobie, Deadname, Homophobie, Dysphorie violente, « body horror », Mégenrage

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finnmiles's review

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5.0

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swordjas's review

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challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

I really wanted to like this book as I am a transmasc reader, and part of what drew me in to this story was the profile of the titular protagonist. We get Nathan's experiences and perspective growing into his body, but it also feels distanced and detached in that most of it focuses on displaying his traumas for the sake of trauma. Part of it also felt somewhat exploitive (as some previous reviews also mention), and the pacing of story seemed odd.
The narrative was also hard to follow at the points that the POV would switch to Nathan's family members (often abruptly).

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