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The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff

5 reviews

todrick_the_tree's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring 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

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halaagmod's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

The prose is vivid and absolutely beautiful, but as far as conveying the lives and struggles of transgender people and their loved ones, it's lackluster at best and actively harmful and offensive in its portrayals at worst.
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audreyywood's review

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

4.75

A tragic love story set against the back drop of Europe during the years of the world war. This was one of the most thought provoking and complicated novels I’ve read, and I loved every second of it. Especially as a partner of someone going through their own gender transition and struggles, it was both comforting and challenging. This is an important work of LGBTQ historical fiction that I think all queer youth should engage with. 
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butyougotmysoul's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad 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? It's complicated

2.25

Hm.  I don't know how I feel about this book.  I do think I will be thinking about it for a long time to come.  Ultimately, I don't know if framing it through the lens of the time in which it was taking place is enough
to make up for the way Lily's character was portrayed as being, ultimately, completely different from Einar.  I can see the ways in which it could make sense, if you know that there wasn't necessarily the language to describe how Einar probably felt when he could present himself as Lily, however currently having the language means this book feels terribly outdated and incorrect in the ways we would present a transgender person now.  Considering this was written in 2010, I feel that the story could have been told with much better language while still conveying how Lily felt throughout the book in the time period in which she lived through.
  Overall, I don't regret reading the story, but I can't really recommend the book either.  I do feel like it could be a good read to induce conversation, but other than that - not really recommended.
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lucithefer's review

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

1.75

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