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hazel_oat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Dysphoria, Transphobia, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Medical content, Physical abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Deadnaming and Hate crime
danimacuk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Self harm, Transphobia, and Dysphoria
Minor: Addiction, Suicide, Alcoholism, Death, and Racism
bi_n_large's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Drug use, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Racism
windspice's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Alcohol, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Suicide
Minor: Transphobia
jayisreading's review against another edition
5.0
It’s heartbreaking to lose a friend, and Zelda doesn’t hide this grief at all. However, she also shares so many moments of joy and tenderness that really uplifted the importance of trans people—especially trans women—just living, loving, being themselves, and embracing each other and themselves.
What I loved that this book shared was an expression of queer love in all its complexities. Zelda’s love was an unrequited one, but I also think it’s so important to highlight the love that comes with friendship as well, which she absolutely had. Furthermore, this book jumps in and out of fiction to draw attention to the preciousness of trans lives that I found utterly beautiful. Plante crafted something so real and breathtaking in all the details and emotions put in such a short book.
As heartbreaking as this book was, I truly appreciated how she found a way to celebrate trans women’s lives. I want nothing more than this world to treasure them and see what joy they bring, which was so wonderfully highlighted in this book.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Transphobia
Moderate: Self harm, Drug use, and Sexual content
Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
sashafriese's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
vivikasweiven's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Abandonment, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Outing, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Transphobia
starla's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Blood, Death, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Transphobia
Minor: Deadnaming
jenny_d's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
By the way, I also recommend looking up footnote 2 on Google Maps. Gorgeous.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Self harm and Transphobia
Minor: Suicide attempt