Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

1 review

ssconsequat's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Firstly I would like to state that: 
1) I understand this book is not written for me and this style of writing is not for me
2) This book has probably made great leaps in LGBT literature

But the looming story line of

Sahar and their journey through ‘transsexuality’ for Nasrin

bothered me greatly. Sahar simply worked too hard for Nasrin and although she becomes aware of this, it just made me feel uncomfortable and impatient at the choices Sahar made. Simply, Nasrin is not worth the amount of work that Sahar puts into her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Medical content