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You Weren't Meant to Be Human
by Andrew Joseph White
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My feelings on this book are going to be hard to articulate. It is amazing and horrible. I'm so glad that it exists but also hate that it needs to exist.
This book is written so well and the characters have so much depth to them. I unfortunately can't recommend this to many friends though because it destroyed me. The story is a visceral struggle that I could relate to as a trans man who carried children (mine were by choice, though, and I had to work to get pregnant). I understand all the actions of the main character in a way that turns my stomach to think about. This is a book that will live on in my brain.
I will be recommending this to those that I think can handle or really need a wake up call through a true window into the depths of the pain that the stripping of access to certain medicines and medical procedures has caused.
This book is written so well and the characters have so much depth to them. I unfortunately can't recommend this to many friends though because it destroyed me. The story is a visceral struggle that I could relate to as a trans man who carried children (mine were by choice, though, and I had to work to get pregnant). I understand all the actions of the main character in a way that turns my stomach to think about. This is a book that will live on in my brain.
I will be recommending this to those that I think can handle or really need a wake up call through a true window into the depths of the pain that the stripping of access to certain medicines and medical procedures has caused.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content
The synopsis explains that the book is about a trans man who is forced to carry a pregnancy. Most of the content warnings I selected could probably be explain in that alone. Take the author's note at the beginning seriously and understand that if you can't handle things in chapter two, other parts of the book will be obscenely unbearable.