A review by bookalchemist
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

2.0

I was really intrigued that someone was writing about this experience, and in a verse novel. I was disappointed. The usage of different font styles, word choices (sexual instead of gender, lack of pronoun changes), and stereotyping of several characters made me feel like this was written in 2000, not 2013. I saw someone say they thought this was written to educate cis people, but it won't even do a good job of that, partially because it's outdated now and partially because it just didn't do a great job of getting inside the head of someone who might be nonbinary, genderfluid, or trans. I do not recommend this for anyone interested in those topics. Sadly, there are so few books that have characters in the nonbinary/genderfluid spectrum that I don't have alternative suggestions. If someone else does, I'd love to hear them!