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A review by oliviadyd
None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
2.0
"That was when I realized that life was a multiple-choice test with two answers: Male or Female. And I was None of the Above".
Plot Summary: This book is about a teenager, Kristin who is figuring out who she is. She has just been crowned homecoming queen instead of one of her best friends, Vee. She has her first sexual experience with her longtime boyfriend Sam and it leads to her going to the ob-gyn's office where she finds out that she is intersex. Throughout this book, we see Kristin figuring out her feelings about her identity, who her true friends are and figuring how how she can go to a judgmental school.
My Opinion: This book was bland and very slow. I have also been reading that it did not represent intersex people well. This was not an own-voices story. The author of this book is a practicing surgeon who was inspired by an intersex patient who she worked with. I wish that we got to see Kristin go back to school. I feel like a lot of this book was unnecessary rambling which could have been conveyed better. I thought the Author's Note in the back was interesting where I.W. Gregorio explained the real-life inspiration behind Kristin and she talked about intersex surgery.
Do I Recommend this book? No, I would not recommend this book. I know that there are other books written by intersex authors that are fiction and non-fiction. This book had alright friendship elements but, it also showed toxic friends who aren't accepting. It had a beautiful relationship between Kristin and her single father.
Plot Summary: This book is about a teenager, Kristin who is figuring out who she is. She has just been crowned homecoming queen instead of one of her best friends, Vee. She has her first sexual experience with her longtime boyfriend Sam and it leads to her going to the ob-gyn's office where she finds out that she is intersex. Throughout this book, we see Kristin figuring out her feelings about her identity, who her true friends are and figuring how how she can go to a judgmental school.
My Opinion: This book was bland and very slow. I have also been reading that it did not represent intersex people well. This was not an own-voices story. The author of this book is a practicing surgeon who was inspired by an intersex patient who she worked with. I wish that we got to see Kristin go back to school. I feel like a lot of this book was unnecessary rambling which could have been conveyed better. I thought the Author's Note in the back was interesting where I.W. Gregorio explained the real-life inspiration behind Kristin and she talked about intersex surgery.
Do I Recommend this book? No, I would not recommend this book. I know that there are other books written by intersex authors that are fiction and non-fiction. This book had alright friendship elements but, it also showed toxic friends who aren't accepting. It had a beautiful relationship between Kristin and her single father.