Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

246 reviews

aliciae08's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

I just finished Detransition, Baby, and I’m still sussing out my thoughts.

The conclusion I’ve come up with is complicated—as it should be, as the characters are complicated. 

What I loved:

• the exploration of womanhood, motherhood, gender expression and queerness;
• The imperfectness of the characters so that the reader knew that no one person’s identity is monolithic. It is entirely one’s own;
• The idea that we can create our own family
• The exploration of why the characters are the way that they are (especially Ames).  

What I didn’t like:

• Others have mentioned the clumsiness of race within this, and how the inclusion of Katrina being the one major character of color might be a metaphor for how the white trans experience isn’t the only one.  It doesn’t work for me fir so many reasons, but the first one being that whenever she brings race up it feels like someone who hasn’t actually experienced being a minority, and because any attempts at relating with Katrina by Reese/Ames are shut down.  
• Some of the writing, as beautiful as it is, was over the top for me.  I was sometimes waiting to get to the end of a chapter and I hate feeling like that. 

What I found challenging:

• Reese said things about womanhood and the need to feel delicate (particularly when she was with Stanley and the Cowboy) that I wholeheartedly couldn’t relate to, but have to admit that at some point in my own life defined my own perception of what it means to be woman and the need for men to view me as someone worthy of being taken care of/defended etc. I think it’s easy for people (especially those looking for an excuse to hate this book) to use it as a way to accuse people like Reese, at worse, of cosplaying womanhood, when that’s not what’s happening. 
• Ames’, before their transition to Amy, misogyny and further internalized misogyny was hard to read, mostly because I grieved for that character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Outing, and Dysphoria

sorcha's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Outing

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Transphobia, Blood, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

effievee's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Transphobia, Violence, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Infertility, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

lily_peach's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Minor: Body shaming

sophiefreeman's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Outing

maarigirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Outing

avantlafinn's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Outing

leadpal's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Hate crime, Self harm, Violence, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Medical content, and Cultural appropriation

sas_ram's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

In the end it lost me a bit. But I got through the book real quick. Sometimes I couldn't really connect with the story... Well most of the time. But it was really interesting to read and the writing is quite good. This way the book made up for the problem of not being able to connect very well with the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia