466 reviews for:

Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

Thomas Page McBee

4.25 AVERAGE

kaatelin's review against another edition

5.0

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Favourite line “In Denmark, men said to ‘be a man’ meant not being a  boy. American men said to ‘be a man’ meant not being a woman… That’s basing someone’s humanness on someone else’s dehumanization” (p. 138-139)

sunshinemoth's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia

librocrone's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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I loved everything about this. Everything.

isaacb's review

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

eimearintheleabharlann's review against another edition

3.75

challenging informative

questionablechilli's review against another edition

4.0

reflective medium-paced

that_bookworm_guy's review

4.5

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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This is the first book I've read that discusses mascalinity, toxic mascalinity, and trans men. A really insightful, thought-provoking and important read.

As a trans man myself, I found this so interesting and I highly recommend it

dalstellar's review

2.75

reflective medium-paced

meganbyrd77's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

kmarvel's review

4.5

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced