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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-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
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
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
if i had a nickel for every book nicola dinan wrote that made me think about my dead ex-friend i'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's INSANE that this has happened twice. i hope fred rots in hell. the scenes where Max is in large groups and being microaggressed in casual conversation were soooo real and it is so much worse for trans women than it is for me as a transmasc still figuring out what I want to do medical transition wise! Really love the throughlines I'm already seeing in Dinan's books about Asian identity and how forgiveness and love intertwine and Connection. only connect!
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Violence, Vomit, Outing, Abandonment
emotional
reflective
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
reflective
Disappoint Me tells the story of Max, a trans woman and Vincent, her current boyfriend but as a 19 year old taking a gap year in a back-and-forth narrative.
I think that Maxs portion of the story held more value and was easier to relate to but we find out why Vincent had such a backstory. Max was so complex and evolving and in some ways, I feel like Vincent fell flat in comparison. You could see the person he grew up to be through Maxs' narrative but there were gaps that won't make sense until the end.
Outside of Max and Vincent, other characters such as Simone and Fred offer very little to the story until the end but the conversations are vibrant and full.
Dinan explores the relationships between friend groups, trans acceptance and navigation, and forgiveness in a really fluid way and once I committed to sitting down and finishing this book, it was a pretty seamless read.
Thank you to Netgalley for the advance review copy.
I think that Maxs portion of the story held more value and was easier to relate to but we find out why Vincent had such a backstory. Max was so complex and evolving and in some ways, I feel like Vincent fell flat in comparison. You could see the person he grew up to be through Maxs' narrative but there were gaps that won't make sense until the end.
Outside of Max and Vincent, other characters such as Simone and Fred offer very little to the story until the end but the conversations are vibrant and full.
Dinan explores the relationships between friend groups, trans acceptance and navigation, and forgiveness in a really fluid way and once I committed to sitting down and finishing this book, it was a pretty seamless read.
Thank you to Netgalley for the advance review copy.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Complicated