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Detransition, Baby
by Torrey Peters
First things first: this book has a lot of buzz and for good reason- I thought it was searingly good. These are characters that will be sticking around in my head for a while, so flawed and nuanced and fascinating.
I kept using the word “nuanced” when I was jotting down thoughts as I was reading because it seems like the most appropriate word. The writing in this book is so good and Peters really delves into the nuances of gender dynamics in a thought-provoking way.
Peters makes so many sharp observations about people and motherhood, femininity and masculinity, sexuality and love, and identity, and so many other things that are part of the human experience. Maybe that’s what was most striking to me- the way that Peters really captures humanity on the page.
To me, this is not a book you breeze through. It made me want to slow down and really focus so that I could absorb the writing and what Peters was saying with her writing. There are certain scenes I’m still thinking about even now that I’ve finished the book, such as a conversation between Reese and Katrina about motherhood and who gets to be a mother, and a passage where Reese thinks that womanhood can be illuminated by violence from men.
I wanted to savor the writing and in terms of craft, I felt like Peters played with words and sentences in a way that was very interesting to read. I surprisingly didn’t note down any quotes, probably because there were so many striking sentences and paragraphs in this book, which sometimes required me to look up words or terms that I wasn’t familiar with. It also showed me a glimpse into a world and a perspective that I don’t know enough about.
This one is worth reading because the writing is that good, the premise is incredibly intriguing, and for the characters that I won’t be forgetting anytime soon.
I kept using the word “nuanced” when I was jotting down thoughts as I was reading because it seems like the most appropriate word. The writing in this book is so good and Peters really delves into the nuances of gender dynamics in a thought-provoking way.
Peters makes so many sharp observations about people and motherhood, femininity and masculinity, sexuality and love, and identity, and so many other things that are part of the human experience. Maybe that’s what was most striking to me- the way that Peters really captures humanity on the page.
To me, this is not a book you breeze through. It made me want to slow down and really focus so that I could absorb the writing and what Peters was saying with her writing. There are certain scenes I’m still thinking about even now that I’ve finished the book, such as a conversation between Reese and Katrina about motherhood and who gets to be a mother, and a passage where Reese thinks that womanhood can be illuminated by violence from men.
I wanted to savor the writing and in terms of craft, I felt like Peters played with words and sentences in a way that was very interesting to read. I surprisingly didn’t note down any quotes, probably because there were so many striking sentences and paragraphs in this book, which sometimes required me to look up words or terms that I wasn’t familiar with. It also showed me a glimpse into a world and a perspective that I don’t know enough about.
This one is worth reading because the writing is that good, the premise is incredibly intriguing, and for the characters that I won’t be forgetting anytime soon.