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emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
I think this memoir will be really helpful for a lot of people, and I'm very glad it was written. I'm also glad I read it. However, the writing was not very good; I feel bad saying this, and this is the first book in a very long time where I would actually say something like that. I think the structure of the book was sort of a mess, and so much of it was really on the nose. "Here's a story that I'm going to tell in a roundabout way as if it's not planned out ahead of time, and now here's how I connect this to broader society/gender/identity/etc." Again, I think this book will be great for some young people figuring out their identity on multiple levels. And it's not like it was written terribly or anything--but I haven't read a book written this poorly in a long time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Fatphobia
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