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Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

6 reviews

ifreyley's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A bold and open story about identity, prejudice, understanding, and learning to focus on yourself. A really cool look at the lesser-know areas of transness (figuring yourself out as nonbinary and coming out for a second time) alongside some messy relationship drama and a hopeful look at art as self-expression. Definitely more towards the upper end of YA (evident from the first chapter, though not necessarily from the cover and blurb), but an important coming of age story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Classism

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think Felix Ever After may have been one of the first books I read as a teenager where the main character, a queer person, existed as a real human with flaws in a unsanitized space, struggled with issues including, outside of, and intersecting with their marginalization by society, and found happiness without compromising themself. This novel truly changes lives. A beautiful re-read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse

spooderman's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Police brutality, Lesbophobia

gilnean's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Stalking, Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content

emily_mh's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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 is officially my new favourite book of 2021. I've just finished it and I'm at a loss of what to say; it just means so much to me. I loved the conversations it held, such those about pronouns and transphobic "feminists", but also ones about love and what this feels like and looks like and how you are deserving of it. Felix was an incredible main character. He had so much confusion and hope and I felt so caught up in his journey of self discovery and acceptance. He is a character that is going to stay with me for a long time. 

However, this book deserves 5 stars not just because of how meaningful it was to me, but also because it was just GOOD. The pacing was fantastic; I read it in two sittings. The romance was gorgeous and done so, so well. The book was also just so poetic. I've highlighted so many places, and the ending was perfect. I genuinely love this book so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Outing, Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Dysphoria

skudiklier's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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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I started reading this book intending for it to be casual, for me to hop around between books. But once I started, I literally never stopped. I couldn't put this book down to do anything. It made me cry more than once, and it's so so beautiful. Yes it maybe was a little heavy-handed/on-the-nose here and there, but that could also be because I didn't need the same explanations and walk-throughs other people might. Overall this book was amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity, Racism