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Welcome to Dorley Hall
by Alyson Greaves
This book has such a great premise, it reads like the author heard the dumb rhetoric transphobic men genuinely believe, that all trans women and feminists are out to emasculate them and cut their dicks off…
and then said “hey that’s not a bad idea”
but unfortunately IN PRACTICE… god this book is such a slog. The justification and processes through which Dorley force-feminises its captives is shoved thoroughly into the background in service of a meandering slice of life melodrama about characters who have already gone through the process and are actually pretty chill about it, all things considered. They all pretty much agree that while it was a bit unethical, they are actually much happier to be not just women, but stereotypically feminine women.
The saving grace is the ‘main character’ Stef is great, and infiltrates Dorley of her own free will as she is secretly trans and wants to have all the work done for free. Again though, unfortunately, her story is heavily sidelined and little to no progress is made on her transition by the end of the book.
Maybe the rest of the series brings it all to a satisfying conclusion, but this first entry does not inspire me with confidence enough to continue.
and then said “hey that’s not a bad idea”
but unfortunately IN PRACTICE… god this book is such a slog. The justification and processes through which Dorley force-feminises its captives is shoved thoroughly into the background in service of a meandering slice of life melodrama about characters who have already gone through the process and are actually pretty chill about it, all things considered. They all pretty much agree that while it was a bit unethical, they are actually much happier to be not just women, but stereotypically feminine women.
The saving grace is the ‘main character’ Stef is great, and infiltrates Dorley of her own free will as she is secretly trans and wants to have all the work done for free. Again though, unfortunately, her story is heavily sidelined and little to no progress is made on her transition by the end of the book.
Maybe the rest of the series brings it all to a satisfying conclusion, but this first entry does not inspire me with confidence enough to continue.