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Stone Butch Blues: 20th Anniversary Author Edition

Leslie Feinberg, Leslie Feinberg

4.67 AVERAGE

sophial7191's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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: Complicated

domphobia's review against another edition

5.0

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there is a life before reading this book and there is a life after it

robinshakespeare's review against another edition

5.0

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Stone Butch Blues has immediately catapulted to my top 10 books of all time. It's an incredible portrait of humanity, especially those who are marginalised within marginalised groups - the black butch lesbian working class Ed, working class, closeted butch-for-butch Grant. What happens when they try to join unions? The women's movement? The civil rights movement? This book is the story of people who face exclusion and danger even in those spaces. It had me crying at several points. Everyone should know about this book, not just the queer community.

Stone Butch Blues is the (early) life story of a fictional working-class genderqueer lesbian from the 50s to 90s, as they grow up a "masculine girl child", survive police brutality, move jobs and homes, and eventually find the big city before journeying home for the final part of their story. It really is like the blues, as the character rolls through life and grows with it.

The author, former editor of Workers World, made the book free for readers forever. You can buy at-cost print-on-demand copies at www.lesliefeinberg.net, or read the digital copy for free.

ar28219's review against another edition

5.0

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alexandradugan's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative reflective medium-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

lucky_030's review against another edition

5.0

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Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lesliebee's review against another edition

5.0

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nic420books's review against another edition

4.0

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Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amyinthevoid's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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: Complicated

bet_lee's review against another edition

5.0

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