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If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

18 reviews

cryscries's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

A very wonderful book and I couldn’t believe this was a debut novel. It was very well written and really tugged at the heartstrings to the very end - like literally, it built up with so much joy and then boom sad bomb. In a way I like the way it ended -

grant and Amanda don’t exactly have a for sure “they got back together” like what I feel most romances do (even tho I totally believe they did get back together in my hope let me have this and be a hopeless romantic) but I feel in a “realistic sense” it was right for that to happen because it’s something new that a cis straight man has to understand and learn. Definitely wasn’t expecting it but I was super happy with the decision

Overall I was glad to read this book (finally) and highly recommend if anyone wants to start off reading a book from a trans author.

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bronsonmh's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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.

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trishnasaha's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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jude7's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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le3713's review

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emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

This book left me with a lot of questions. I wanted more - more of Amanda’s story, more insight into other characters.

I was sad to see the direction Bee’s character went, and I wish there had been more follow up - it ended up feeling just like a plot device.

All told though, I’m very glad to have read this book, both as a YA book filled with friendship and first love, as well as an insight into the trans experience.

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