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Woodworking

Emily St. James

4.5 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

10/10 must read holy fucking shit read this book!!! Give it to your prejudiced family members. Give it to your scared teen. Give it to yourself. 
hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I blew through this book because it was a great balance of acknowledging real issues and challenging topics while being lighthearted and charming. I thought it was sweet and was  written by a trans person which is clear in the best way. Would recommend to people looking to incorporate more trans stories into their lists.
emotional funny hopeful

This was so good!!!!! So sweet!! angry and well-deserved. I’m so happy to have read it <3
challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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
emotional funny inspiring tense 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: Yes

not much to say except this is perhaps my favorite book of the year so far. so well crafted and poignant and funny. abigail is one of the most characters of all time and I love her dearly!!
emotional funny hopeful tense medium-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

This book was so beautifully hopeful and full of heart. 
emotional funny lighthearted 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
emotional funny tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

There’s a lot I really loved about this book: Diverse representation of trans characters through completely different experiences and personalities, Erica’s heart wrenching chapters are balanced by Abigail’s savage humor, which made me laugh out loud, I loved her character so much. The dialogue is stellar and the different POV voices were meaningful indications of the characters’ states of minds. The one quibble I had was the friendship between Erica and Abigail was soooo inappropriate for teacher/student interactions, it was hard to buy into some of their scenes.