Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

201 reviews

revengesrose's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Outing, Dysphoria, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Suicide, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Minor: Deadnaming

dixiecarroll's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I loved this. It was a very interesting story. It lost a star for me because it was hard to follow at times and the ending felt rushed (to me). Definitely worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Abortion

madeleinebay's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Outing, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity

queerbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I'm conflicted about this book. I did think it was a good book but I also didn't really like it. It was well written, or at least sounded well written, and it was a good story, but I think that it was maybe the characters that made me not enjoy it, but the characters had to be who they are for the story to be what it is.

So yeah, good book even though I personally just didn't feel very good while listening to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Transphobia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Dysphoria, Homophobia, Infertility, Grief, Suicide, Miscarriage, and Outing

Minor: Abortion, Hate crime, Alcohol, Violence, and Child death

malayapapaya's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Outing, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Transphobia, Cursing, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Deadnaming, Abortion, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Infertility

baytamax's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Outing, and Infidelity

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Abortion

haileydawn's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Grief, Misogyny, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Outing, Transphobia, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

michaelion's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I hate contemporary references in books–most readers do–but I can't exactly explain what sets this book apart from the others. With most books I think, This had the potential to be timeless, but unfortunately they made reference to [insert pop culture moment that was probably already out of date by the time the book was published]. Not here, though. In fact I argue it is a strength of the book. Something about it makes me feel like despite the references to now / pre-pandemic / mid- to late 2010s, this book will be regarded as a queertrans time capsule. It could be studied in 300 level university courses, and honestly it probably will be sooner than you think. I'm very excited to see what Miss Peters has in store next. I will be pre-ordering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Self harm

Moderate: Death, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Drug use, Body shaming, Classism, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Domestic abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Car accident, Deadnaming, Suicide attempt, and Biphobia

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xashleyxvix's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Transphobia

Moderate: Abortion and Miscarriage

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.25

what a read. detransition, baby is a relevatory and provocative novel, one which i delight in its intriguing premise, great execution, brilliant emotional characterization and telling of a trans experience.

peters incisively and grippingly examines motherhood, the trans experience, gender, identity politics, sex and sex work in this book, stripping layer upon layer of complexity thats enmeshed in a dash of political correctness, making her characters bare all, voicing taboos and things that are oft unspoken - representational politics be damned - to exhilarating effect. indeed, there were moments that simply stupefied me of how good this book is. and i learned a lot abt transness, this book having depicted in a humane sense many terms i merely know of but have never truly understood in depth.

meanwhile, the characters (and esp reese) are a hot mess - in a sense that theyre all each deep in a certain level of shit - specifically life shit - and trying to navigate thru a surprise pregnancy in different ways, each forced to face their own issues in the process. the ability to make readers empathize w/ characters who they sometimes also want to throttle is certainly a hallmark of a great writer, but peters, imo, goes above and beyond here. this esp pertains to ames/amy, whose story connects w/ me in a visceral way; we couldnt be more different, but her story deeply affects me in a way fiction rarely ever does, reading it was def sth else. it's indeed a lil baffling that her accidental outing plotline's suddenly dropped near the end: whatever happens after katrina's advice-seeking w/ reese and her friends? whats ames' reaction upon finding out the company supposedly knowing her secret? 

and the book's last 15% and ending are less stellar than the rest, imo. the former feels awkward to me, like the author's trying to tie it all up but ends up veering into a slightly strange territory. i also wish we heard more from ames aside from that bit near the end. as for the ending, it does annoy me w/ how vague and slightly ~kumbaya~ it is, its tone a lil jarring w/ the book's irreverent tone.

even so, this is an undeniably thought-provoking, impactful, and even humorous novel, one that reads like a queer classic, and an amazing and welcoming addition to mainstream trans lit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Outing, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Abortion