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A review by wynplus1
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Did not finish book. Stopped at 77%.
So this book was on my TBR list for a long time and I was really hopeful about it. The writing is great and how Peters' writes her relationships and dialogue is very natural. I can't stand the characters unfortunately.
I love complicated characters. I can get behind characters who are morally gray and who don't always make the best decisions. But reading this book, it feels like there's almost NOTHING likeable about our primary cast. They felt very human and real, but real in that way where I'd never want to meet these people. Reese in particular is insufferable and I just kept coming back to this thought process of "why should I care?" whenever anything would happen to her or to the other two leads. I honestly felt angry half the time I was reading and wasn't having fun at all.
I love complicated characters. I can get behind characters who are morally gray and who don't always make the best decisions. But reading this book, it feels like there's almost NOTHING likeable about our primary cast. They felt very human and real, but real in that way where I'd never want to meet these people. Reese in particular is insufferable and I just kept coming back to this thought process of "why should I care?" whenever anything would happen to her or to the other two leads. I honestly felt angry half the time I was reading and wasn't having fun at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Transphobia