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Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
4.0

“The world isn't binary. Everything isn't black or white, yes or no."

4.25/5 stars

First things first, I adore that we never find out Riley's gender assignment at birth.

And now, for the review. I loved this book! I think it's really important, and I'm glad it exists. I can't speak for the representation, but I feel as though it did a good job of explaining gender-fluidity. I also got some ~serious~ [b:Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda|19547856|Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Creekwood, #1)|Becky Albertalli|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1402915678s/19547856.jpg|27679579] vibes, a little too much at times where it felt as though I was just reading that book.