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Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

52 reviews

oliviareese's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, Grief, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Abortion, Body shaming, Hate crime, Outing, Violence, Dysphoria, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

libraryofpeculiar's review

DNFed at 24% because the amount of misogyny is both disgusting and disturbing.

As a fellow queer I'm so sad that I had to DNF this because I was so excited to read a book about trans people by a trans author. This seemed like a book about cool modern family, but it was not... the synopsis is extremely misleading. 

The characters are simply awful; the writing is not my cup of tea, and I don't plan on finishing this book ever. I regret believing the hype.

I haven't read enough to rate a book but if I had torate what I've read it would be a 1/5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Transphobia, Outing, Misogyny, and Homophobia

akmistyrose's review

emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual content, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Violence, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Infidelity

michipez's review

Misógino 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

storykath's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Outing, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical content, Sexism, Stalking, and Violence

jennabajuice's review

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

 Mostly a character study of three people that are very unique, interesting, chaotic, and of course beautifully queer. I loved that it incorporated deep political and reflective content through these characters and their experiences as opposed to just directly from a single protagonist or author (as in a memoir). A lot of queer literature I've read in the past focused on one character and one aspect of queerness (often sexuality) but this was much more detailed in that it explored many intersecting aspects of queerness and a variety of queer relationships in all their beauty and messiness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Transphobia and Homophobia

scruffie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Racism

Minor: Suicide

balfies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

I devoured this in a day. It's not just as good as you've heard, it's better.

Brilliant, sensitive, funny, full of character, and able to divine the complex relationships between sex, sexuality, womanhood, trans identity, parenthood, and change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Pregnancy, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Abortion, Deadnaming, and Blood

Minor: Eating disorder

kylieqrada's review

emotional funny informative lighthearted sad medium-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

4.0

Very good. I learned a ton about trans identities. We love an unlikable female character. Lots of sex terms I didn't know the meaning of and had to Google. I can't write book reviews when I'm depressed. 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Infidelity, and Transphobia

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

laudateluna's review

challenging funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Detransition Baby is a novel that equally feels made for me and not for me. It's a fantastic one, if you have any interest in exploration of gender or more specifically of femininity/womanhood; read it! It deserves to be thought about.

Please do not read the spoiler section until you have come to an understanding of what the book was talking about. In specific how it ended. This is not a "spoiler" of its content, its a mindset that could change how you experience the novel.

It was an enlightening journey that died for me with its concept. I was expecting the book to be more than it set out for, to go beyond what it was in text, however for me it was made impossible by its ending. Its not a "bad" ending, its just direct in telling you what it was about. That might work for you. For me it stopped my process of exploration of what it means to me. Because finding what I identified with was made so much harder by its purpous. I dont like when stories are literal. There is a genuine debate to be had of metaphorical effectiveness towards most people, but like I said before not for me. Maybe it is necessary and my experience is too novel. 

This book is perfect. I truly mean that. It's pacing is great so are its characters, dialogue, jokes, ideas, prose. I loved every page. Torrey Peters wrote one of the most compelling debut novels I have ever had the priviledge to read. (I also highly reccomend her novellas) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Outing, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia