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katsmedialibrary's review against another edition
A lot of HP references without mention of JKR
amandaisok's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Transphobia
jayraams's review against another edition
4.0
This book will make you smile and cry, it has something to say where you are Queer or a family member of a queer person. I highly recommend you give this a read if you are a parent, it will make you think and hopefully, open you up to your child if they come out or their friends come out.
sweetrosegirl76's review against another edition
5.0
WOW!!! An AMAZING book. I've never read a memoir before and I was a bit nervous I would think it'd be boring bc I think my schema of a memoir is like "when I was 10 I fished on a boat for 3 hours with my dad in silence and it was boring but now I will talk for 3 hours on how much I learned in those 3 hours about the importance of silence and peace found in solitude etc etc etc." I mostly read this book via audiobook. Maybe like 15 pages I actually read the e book. It was harder to read than listen because I wanted to hear Jacob! I wanted to hear them tell me about themselves, about their book, the stories they chose to share. I wanted to hear it straight from their mouth with all the voice inflection they meant it to have. Truly a great experience. I would totally read/listen to this again. It was written so well. My heart was crying out with them and I was so eager to finish this book. It was really hard to put down. Also the books is helping me NOW. Makes me feel less like a queer failure (also this rn just me stating this, is the first time I've ever called myself queer on a public platform. I usually say it in general but this is the first time I'm claiming it. I've never publicly said that before. I'm doing it bc no one I know follows me on Goodreads. I'm taking a look outside my snail shell okay??) But they were saying in the book about common narratives how "I've always known I was xyz, since I was an infant!" And the author was like um "I didn't know til I was older bc I didn't even know it existed". Like HUN, SAME! They also mention their weird and toxic relationship with the closet and how heteronormativity regulates the closest where it's a 'ur in or out no in between, and once ur out ur out forever' and they gave a different analogy that I swear almost made me cry (the snail and the shell). The memoir is really validating. They mention religion and how they for the most part had a HEALTHY relationship with religion and God and their queerness. I'm like
bibliovino's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
4.0
Funny and poignant, brash and vulnerable, Jacob’s story and voice crosses all lines and makes you think! What a brilliant and inspiring book with the power to heal and to make even the most difficult moments seem livable. Thank you for your work!
lindej342's review against another edition
5.0
Found chapter 7 on tokenism both insightful and informative