461 reviews for:

Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

Thomas Page McBee

4.25 AVERAGE

jlew010's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

axandre's review against another edition

4.0

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Loved reading Thomas's thoughts on masculinity - the evolution and complexity of what makes a man, what makes a GOOD man - framed against his experience as the first trans man to box at Madison Square Garden. Devoured it in a day and a half lol

rdebarge's review

4.0

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

evmoon_'s review

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

miescenafinal's review against another edition

3.0

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no es un libro que habla sólo de la transexualidad, ni de lo difícil que ha sido su camino y, con esto no quiero decir que no me interese leer ese tipo de historia llena de dramas, pero lo que quiso hacer el autor fue tener platica con nosotrxs, casi que una discusión sobre lo que es ser hombre. Thomas nos da paso a sus reflexiones, sus miedos y sus verdad, pero sin afirmar nada. nos lo pone allí para que nosotros opinemos.
me gustaría regalárselo a todos mis amigos que se identifican hombres. vale la pena totalmente.

icacus's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

kspen1339's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5

lindsid's review

4.5

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So strong

piddlepiddle's review

4.0

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I thought I wouldn’t enjoy this because it was about boxing but the insights were SO GOOD. As far as gender exploration, personally did not bring what I was looking for from it/what I could relate to, but SUCH a good book about masculinity and what it means to men - trans and cis alike

hanelisil's review against another edition

5.0

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Interesting observations on masculinity and the trans experience