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A review by kirstysbookishworld
My Brother's Name is Jessica by John Boyne
3.0
I thought some of the messages in this book were important but I also felt like it had a very narrow view of what it means to be transgender. I also feel like the character growth came right out of left field just to give a happy ending.
It’s not that I don’t believe a 13 year old boy might do all of what Sam did, it’s just that I know most kids regardless of age to be a little more reasonable than Sam was. Its okay to be uneducated, but he just didn’t seem to be listening to what his Sister really wanted and that broke my heart. It’s also a tad annoying how he kept say ‘my brother jason’ and being 1/4 I know how I refer to my siblings and it’s never ‘my brother’.
I really like some aspects of this and really disliked others. Mostly the bit I hated most was the parents and again it’s not that I don’t believe some parents can be like this, but I wanted to shake them till they saw that their child was hurting. Can’t they see that?
It’s not that I don’t believe a 13 year old boy might do all of what Sam did, it’s just that I know most kids regardless of age to be a little more reasonable than Sam was. Its okay to be uneducated, but he just didn’t seem to be listening to what his Sister really wanted and that broke my heart. It’s also a tad annoying how he kept say ‘my brother jason’ and being 1/4 I know how I refer to my siblings and it’s never ‘my brother’.
I really like some aspects of this and really disliked others. Mostly the bit I hated most was the parents and again it’s not that I don’t believe some parents can be like this, but I wanted to shake them till they saw that their child was hurting. Can’t they see that?