timtamslam13 's review for:

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

4.0

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enjoyable to read, up there as one of the queerest fictions i’ve read, i’m not over how good the title is after reading the book. DB captured some juicy conversations i am drawn towards and contributed to some questions that are The Questions Of My Life. one of the twinges i’ve developed after reading a lot of romance by white authors is when these white authors make it clear how weird their relationship with their race and racism is through their weird descriptions, maneuverings, and over-compensations. romance is a useful genre for this twinge bc the whole deal is about interpersonal relationships. i think torrey peters could have done a better job in her handling of katrina’s racial identity, and some of her comparisons between race and gender were frankly weird at best.