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10000bees 's review for:
Hot Girls with Balls
by Benedict Nguyễn
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
To be honest, I picked this up almost entirely because of the title and cover, but the premise also sounded really interesting to me. A satire that's about two trans women on men's pro volleyball teams? Yeah, that sounds really up my alley. Unfortunately, I expected this to be wackier than it was? Maybe that's my fault, but the words "outrageous and deeply serious satire" put some expectations in my mind that probably didn't belong to be there.
This book is about social media and trans women. Green and Six are influencers as well as pro volleyball players, and they spend a lot of time talking about the content they make. It *is* satirical, but I wouldn't call it outrageous. Within the text there are long stretches of comments that would be under Six and Green's posts/livestreams. It's everything you'd expect, from transphobia to support to fetishization to parasocial behavior. And that idea worked for me for a little while, but it's done so frequently that it really wore down on me. Which I think is the point since this is what it would be like to be a trans influencer, so I can't really fault it, but it felt like it just went on a little too long at points, especially towards the end.
This book is about social media and trans women. Green and Six are influencers as well as pro volleyball players, and they spend a lot of time talking about the content they make. It *is* satirical, but I wouldn't call it outrageous. Within the text there are long stretches of comments that would be under Six and Green's posts/livestreams. It's everything you'd expect, from transphobia to support to fetishization to parasocial behavior. And that idea worked for me for a little while, but it's done so frequently that it really wore down on me. Which I think is the point since this is what it would be like to be a trans influencer, so I can't really fault it, but it felt like it just went on a little too long at points, especially towards the end.