Reviews with content warning for Transphobia - Breasts and Eggs

A wonderful and important book. I love how the author described colors, feelings, and people. I’m also surprised at the emotions it got out of me. Truly a lovely piece of writing, even if some parts of it drag a bit.

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loveryoushouldvecomeovermp3's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

3.75

one thing I've noticed a lot in books about women is how much the author needs to stress the womans attractiveness. even when it's a book written by a woman, for women. even when it's explicitly about the suffering of women, the author needs you to know that yes she is beautiful. maybe she doesn't notice it because shes so entrenched in her sadness but she is beautiful and she is attractive. her sadness comes from within not from her outsides. it's something I've noticed especially with modern female authors, those who are hailed by booktok as 'sad girl literature'. Which is why i appreciate that natsuko is never subjected to that. she describes her body multiple times but the gaze feels different, noticeably so. i also loved that this book has mainly female characters who have meaningful discussions, who hurt and help each other. but in general i felt the book was a bit meandering. it's a good book, for sure, ive annotated it to death, but sometimes it feels so lost in the narrative of 'womanhood is suffering'. like every page, every monologue continues to drive in that idea, it's very repetitive. midoriko's diary entries especially. all her entries revolve around periods and the female body. it felt like the author saw the entries as an easy way to drive in the point of the book. even with this i did that it had very good prose, and i do think it touched on some important topics. we definitely do need books about the lives of women and i did tear up multiple times. i just feel this book was almost there, just a little less monologues. a little more show dont tell.

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maritzelle's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

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

Puede que sea la única que lo piense pero yo no lo entendí como un libro o historia feminista. Pienso que habla sobre la soledad, la identidad, la búsqueda de un objetivo. Pero para nada lo recomiendo como feminista. La escritura me gustó, pero le faltó conexión. Me lo vendieron como historia de dos hermanas, casi ni hay interacción entre ellas. Me dijeron que es feminista, pero siento que mas bien está enfocado en la maternidad. Y esas dos cosas no son exclusivas pero siento que lo describían como algo que no es. También hubo comentarios transfobicos, el tono es depresivo, y es muy difícil de empatizar con los personajes.

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ireadingbooks's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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bruhmantics's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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bricharis's review against another edition

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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? Yes

4.0

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basonok's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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saskiahill's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Richly written, the author's writing style really brings the scenes to life. There's lots of interesting themes explored including parenthood, womanhood, being single, birth, growing up and more, which are tackled well. The book doesn't follow a really clear plot with obvious start, middle and end, but it is told in a linear way and feels satisfying nonetheless. The characters are neither lovable or bad, they are very real and relatable. At times the pace dipped, or I didn't particularly relate to a section - but I think that's more to do with me being a 'mood reader' than about the book itself.

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