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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom

63 reviews

cheriepie's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Wow. I don’t know how to articulate it but it’s funny and it’s heartbreaking and it’s so full of love. I want to read it all over again. I wish I could experience it for the first time again. 
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savazelena's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? No

5.0

First, thank you to Queer Liberation Library. This was an audiobook I listened to on Libby.

It's taken me so long to write anything about this book because I've been so busy, but I haven't stopped thinking about it since I started reading it. I was so excited to take my walk every day so I could listen to this absolute and nothing short of a masterpiece. I don't even have a lot to say about it except that it's perfect. It changed my life in ways I understand right now and in ways I'll understand years from now.

It doesn't matter if it's true, it only matters what it started within the reader, and for me, it started something big.
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friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

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4.75

Beautiful. Cute. Brutal. Poetry like. Very unique I have not enough words. 
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mollyreiser's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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sophiesometimesreads's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

I really enjoyed this! I loved how magical realism was woven through this and the writing style was wonderful, lyrical but easy to follow too. I liked that we got snippets from journal entries and letters through the stories. It was funny and emotional and real, and I had a great time reading this. Check the content warnings, though, as this does have some intense themes at times.
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mar's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

dark and funny, fantastical and defiant, dreamy and bloody all at the same time. a fabulous, surreal subversion of what makes a "trans memoir" and a love letter to trans womanhood :')
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stacyaj's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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payaut's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.25

while confusing and weird at times (and definitely confusing and weird on purpose) i super enjoyed reading this book and my fav part was definitely the cake/baking as the universe metaphor at the end
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sbloom's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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robinks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this magical, fantasy-tinged memoir. I got sucked into our protagonist’s world and all the events and people that showed up. I was also satisfied with how things turned out for her. 
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