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A review by emmabryn
Nothing Ever Happens Here by Sarah Hagger-Holt
1.0
This is a shockingly insensitive book that I consider grooming. As a child of a trans parent I became increasingly disturbed reading this. In the book, any child who doesn’t believe what the dad says about being trans isn’t ‘clever’. The book is littered with references to Stonewall, a charity which is mostly financed by the trans lobby which is the writer’s employer. The charity has been criticised for the aggressiveness in its campaigning on trans issues. There is a huge diversion into the issue of transitioning children, which the book is 100% in favour of.
The mother is a cypher who seems to just value loyalty above anything else. the children just want to make their father happy. There is no model of how a child can navigate their confusion and grief at what is going on.
On top of that, the prose is awful. No one speaks like a real person. The children’s voices in particular are very badly done. This is simply propaganda by a well-funded trans organisation and it does a disservice to women and children affected by this issue.
The mother is a cypher who seems to just value loyalty above anything else. the children just want to make their father happy. There is no model of how a child can navigate their confusion and grief at what is going on.
On top of that, the prose is awful. No one speaks like a real person. The children’s voices in particular are very badly done. This is simply propaganda by a well-funded trans organisation and it does a disservice to women and children affected by this issue.