2.98k reviews for:

Stone Butch Blues: 20th Anniversary Author Edition

Leslie Feinberg, Leslie Feinberg

4.67 AVERAGE

vagstam's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

canoedog's review against another edition

5.0

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I just want to give Leslie Feinberg a hug

sassleen's review against another edition

4.0

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wow wow wow. so very important

maddywintermute's review against another edition

5.0

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I have been lying in bed staring at the ceiling speechless for 20 minutes

megatron12k's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

rileydylan's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

egookey's review against another edition

5.0

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Such an important book, probably will be my fav book of the year

2261pages's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

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This book cracked me open and showed me whats inside of me. It bisected me as a person, as a lesbian. 
I found myself in its pages

hbeetleon's review against another edition

5.0

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This has been one of the most visceral reads I have ever encounter. The first third of the book was emotionally jarring and physically draining as I encountered the protagonist Jess in the midst of horrific situations and experiences. As hard as it was getting through those chapters and the ensuing struggle that you accompany Jess...it is also a book that I would highly recommend. This book grabs you by your heart and never allows you to forget the humanity of the characters. In a society that attempts to do just that, to those who do not conform to the ingrained gender binary, this book places the reader in the utter humanity of others. The joy and depression, the hope and despair, the love and fear...all of it, the entire human spectrum of emotion is encountered through these characters and I see the LGBTQ community's, along side all other marginalized groups, fight for space in this society in a brighter and more illuminating light.

archiergold's review against another edition

4.5

dark hopeful inspiring reflective