A review by eemilycolleen
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

challenging funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

just, wow. at the risk of overemphasis, I really am astounded by the depth AND breadth explored here — of queerness, of trans identity and embodiment, of womanhood, of motherhood. there’s just so much here: family and desire and biting social commentary and all of it thrumming vibrant underneath the familiar strictures of litfic, like, the platonic ideal of “not your mother’s comedy of manners” (though my mother did read it lmao). it’s MESSY and razor-sharp and so tender, and just a fucking delight to read. also I am so taken with the comma in the title. and the ending. honestly just What a home run, all around. 

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