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A review by lea_is_readingg
Mein Bruder heißt Jessica by John Boyne
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
i’ve read it entirely and the whole time I was hoping that it would get better and the transphobic shit would stop. i was WRONG.
yes, in the end, the family accepted Jessica, but that was just only spread about ca. 20 pages and felt wrong. It seemed that we either just didn’t get the part where everything changed, that he was in a rush to finish it or that he tried to make his transphobic bullshit legit w making the end acceptable. don’t read it, neither plot or the way it is written are good enough to balance out the transphobia.
I’m never gonna read it again. We don’t need cis authors writing about how much the cis siblings life changes and his problems. We need trans* ppl talking about their experience.
You can’t missgender a trans person for the whole book (minus the last few pages) and call it educational
yes, in the end, the family accepted Jessica, but that was just only spread about ca. 20 pages and felt wrong. It seemed that we either just didn’t get the part where everything changed, that he was in a rush to finish it or that he tried to make his transphobic bullshit legit w making the end acceptable. don’t read it, neither plot or the way it is written are good enough to balance out the transphobia.
I’m never gonna read it again. We don’t need cis authors writing about how much the cis siblings life changes and his problems. We need trans* ppl talking about their experience.
You can’t missgender a trans person for the whole book (minus the last few pages) and call it educational
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, and Transphobia