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A review by liana
A Kind of Justice by Renee James
4.0
Actual rating 3.5 stars. Reading this book has been an incredible experience for me. I've never read a book with a transgender woman as the main character before, and discovering that the author is also a transwoman made me go for it.
Bobbi Logan is a transgender hairdresser and a police officer is after her, trying to convict her for the murder of a sexual predator ( or an abusive, disgusting, misogynistic piece of shit). The book is a bit slow and not much happens throughout its course. The plot's dragging and a bit boring at times.
Bobbi herself however is a masterpiece. She is hilarious, kind and fair, often vulnerable and self-conscious. James was managed to create a very authentic character, an actual human being and not a caricature or a stereotype.
What really made the book for me was its diversity and its representation of the transgender community; most main and secondary characters were women and more importantly, transwomen and queer women and women of colour. Every character was three-dimensional and unique, never falling into a stereotype.
Overall, even if this book has disappointed me as a crime/mystery read, it definitely didn't disappoint as a book about the lgbt+ community and the daily struggles of queer people.
trigger warning: the book contains transphobic and homophobic slurs, as well as mentions of r*pe
Bobbi Logan is a transgender hairdresser and a police officer is after her, trying to convict her for the murder of a sexual predator ( or an abusive, disgusting, misogynistic piece of shit). The book is a bit slow and not much happens throughout its course. The plot's dragging and a bit boring at times.
Bobbi herself however is a masterpiece. She is hilarious, kind and fair, often vulnerable and self-conscious. James was managed to create a very authentic character, an actual human being and not a caricature or a stereotype.
What really made the book for me was its diversity and its representation of the transgender community; most main and secondary characters were women and more importantly, transwomen and queer women and women of colour. Every character was three-dimensional and unique, never falling into a stereotype.
Overall, even if this book has disappointed me as a crime/mystery read, it definitely didn't disappoint as a book about the lgbt+ community and the daily struggles of queer people.
trigger warning: the book contains transphobic and homophobic slurs, as well as mentions of r*pe