A review by aruarian_melody
None of the Above: Reflections on Life beyond the Binary by Travis Alabanza

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5.0

Such a small book that is packing quite a big punch. I took my time with this as many things made me want to pause and reflect for a bit. The author effortlessly blends memoir with societal commentary. I thought the mix was great, as any empathic reader gets a very specific personal perspective to connect to themes that might be more or less familiar to the reader themselves. I just really like their writing style and their openness and honesty. Picked this one up after their essay stood out to me in an anthology (We can do better than this) and enjoyed spending more time with their experiences and ideas. As someone who perpetually lives in grey areas of different queer identities, I appreciated the depiction of being unsure and how our choices (and perceived options to choose from in the first place) are impacted by society around us.