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caramelie's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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
4.75
Merci Felix de m’encourager, dans les mots d’Alok Vaid Menon, à avoir le courage de me briser le cœur moi-même.
J’ai retiré 0,25 pour les quelques répétitions qui n’ont en rien changé le fait que ce livre va rester avec moi très longtemps.
Ce livre m’a fait ressentir des émotions similaires à, voire plus intenses que, I Wish All the Best. Je recommande donc aux personnes qui ont aimé I Wish You All the Best de lire Felix Ever After et aux personnes qui ont aimé Felix Ever After de lire I Wish You All The Best.
J’ai retiré 0,25 pour les quelques répétitions qui n’ont en rien changé le fait que ce livre va rester avec moi très longtemps.
Ce livre m’a fait ressentir des émotions similaires à, voire plus intenses que, I Wish All the Best. Je recommande donc aux personnes qui ont aimé I Wish You All the Best de lire Felix Ever After et aux personnes qui ont aimé Felix Ever After de lire I Wish You All The Best.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Bullying
Moderate: Gaslighting
Minor: Alcohol, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Drug use, Racism, Classism, and Deadnaming
katialena's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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? N/A
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
castle_samj's review
challenging
emotional
informative
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? No
4.25
I got to laugh at some parts and cry at some parts. I read this for a local library bookclub, and so glad I did.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Transphobia
Moderate: Stalking, Alcohol, Homophobia, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Dysphoria
Minor: Body shaming
aromanticreadsromance's review
This book is so lovely and I wish I had read it sooner! It stars Felix Love, a 17-year-old trans boy who, ironically, has never been in love but is desperate to experience it. Taking place over the course of one summer, he finds himself in an accidental love triangle with his best friend, Ezra, and his sworn enemy, Declan (who happens to be Ezra’s ex, and their ex-friend).
I loved the nuanced discussions on class, parental acceptance and love, and the fluidity of identity. (Bottom line: it’s okay if your identity changes over time!) It also touches on intersectionality (without ever using the word). Felix feels like he is one marginalization too many: Black, trans, and queer (and also working class, but that’s NYC for ya).
This book deals with HEAVY transphobia (it is a central plot point), but Kacen Callender writes it with the grace it deserves. Although Felix is deadnamed, we never find out his deadname, which I appreciated.
I DO feel like Felix ends up with the wrong person in the end... but no spoilers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Bullying
Moderate: Homophobia
ellie_debney's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia
squirrel66's review against another edition
emotional
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Das Hörbuch hat mich überraschend gut abgeholt. Ich bin 10 Jahre älter als die Figuren in der Geschicht und bin meist kein Fan von Romance und YA Büchern (bin dabei auch oft genervt von den gewählte SprecherInnen). Aber hier hat mich die Story reingezogen. Gefühle und Gedanken, die ich als cis hetero Person nicht kenne, habe ich nachvollziehen können, und das aufgeregte Verliebtsein eines Teenagers hab ich fast selbst wieder gefühlt. Manches war mir etwas dick aufgetragen und kitschig, aber das war verkraftbar und ist Geschmackssache. Die Charaktere finde ich passend dargestellt, es sind halt Teenager die in einigen Dingen Fehler machen bzw sich unreif verhalten. Die Geschichte war echt unterhaltsam und ich denke, dass sie für viele Menschen einen echten Mehrwert hat.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia
beansandrice's review against another edition
It was toooooooo real legit. Great writing!!! i just could not handle the Events That Were Transpiring. I'd really like to return someday.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
wardenred's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
5.0
“The issue is that we’ve never really gotten to see our own stories,” Declan tells me. “We have to make those stories ourselves.“
Ugh. Kids these days. How I envy them sometimes. I wish I had books like this growing up!
This was an absolutely lovely story with so much packed into it, and such a wonderful balance between dealing with the pain transphobia causes and experiencing the joy of self-discovery and settling into your skin. I found Felix an extremely relatable character between his struggles to figure out the details of his gender identity, and his worries about possibly having one marginalization too many, and how he reacted to his mother abandoning him by gravitating toward the choices that will get him hurt when it comes to feelings, and the whole big damn mess he created with that love triangle / catfishing scheme. A lot of it threw me right back into my own messy teenage years.
I really loved how flawed and messy in that uniquely teenage way all the central characters were, and how alive they all felt on the page. At the same time, some of those emotional peaks, especially in the second half of the book, sometimes made it difficult to stay immerse—which I think wasn’t so much the book’s flaw as just my experience as an adult reader. I had to remind myself that yeah, that’s exactly what teens can be like. Everything is always so extreme, so larger than life, and nope, they can’t just temper down the feelings and talk it out because they’re *still learning how to do that.* Communication is a skill, and the characters in this book definitely work on developing it in a realistic, relatable way.
There were also some structural tricks here I really liked, such as the very first scene doing so much foreshadowing in terms of everything from plot to theme, or specific scenes kind of mirroring each other, like the one where Felix has an important face-to-face conversation with Ezra while texting Declan and the one where he has an equally important face-to-face interaction with Declan while pretty much talking to Ezra in his head. At the same time, in the late part of the story, if I’m very strict, I have to admit there were some parts where the structure got sloppy-ish as the emotions heightened. I really don’t want to be strict, though. I just want to be happy this book exists. <3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Deadnaming, Alcohol, Bullying, Transphobia, and Abandonment
sharkgirl15's review against another edition
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia and Outing
drawahardline's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
bisschen pipi in den äuglein und riesiger detektivmoment, weil ich fast von beginn an wusste, wer es war - i am so smart yesyes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Outing, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, and Homophobia
Moderate: Abandonment