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readbykatherine's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
This memoir gave me lots of things to think about when it comes to gender roles and how they hurt everyone (not just Trans people) when they are upheld for too long.
I would have liked for the author's partner, Diana, to have had a more active role in writing this memoir.
I would have liked for the author's partner, Diana, to have had a more active role in writing this memoir.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Transphobia, and Dysphoria
Minor: Biphobia and Suicidal thoughts
bobabunnie's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
very sweet autobiography with very cute art- i love seeing stories similar to my own! some parts were very informational, with teachings i don’t personally need, but there are definitely people who could learn from this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia
Minor: Deadnaming
mari1532's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
I was able to read this book through my library.
Brief Summary: This graphic novel follows the love story of Sara and Diana through Diana's gender transition. Providing a duel perspective the reader follows Sara and Diana through from the very beginning of Diana's decision to transition and both Sara and Diana's thoughts and feelings throughout the beginning of their journey.
Thoughts: If I could use one word to describe this book it would be heartwarming. Sara and Diana are both so honest about their journey and do not shy away from the more difficult feelings that they had as they navigated this new stage in their relationship. Sara's perspective was very enlightening and honest. Diana's perspective was raw and beautiful.
I also really enjoyed the art throughout the comic and how certain characters were depicted as devoid of color so you knew before the story even started how things were going to go with this character.
They also adopt a cat!
Lovely book and I would recommend you pick it up for you and a friend.
Brief Summary: This graphic novel follows the love story of Sara and Diana through Diana's gender transition. Providing a duel perspective the reader follows Sara and Diana through from the very beginning of Diana's decision to transition and both Sara and Diana's thoughts and feelings throughout the beginning of their journey.
Thoughts: If I could use one word to describe this book it would be heartwarming. Sara and Diana are both so honest about their journey and do not shy away from the more difficult feelings that they had as they navigated this new stage in their relationship. Sara's perspective was very enlightening and honest. Diana's perspective was raw and beautiful.
I also really enjoyed the art throughout the comic and how certain characters were depicted as devoid of color so you knew before the story even started how things were going to go with this character.
They also adopt a cat!
Lovely book and I would recommend you pick it up for you and a friend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Transphobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
amazelan's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
une BD très complète qui retrace les débuts d'une transition avec douceur mais sans oublier les péripéties transphobes.
j'ai beaucoup aimé les dessins !
la façon de raconter est vraiment typique d'un fanzine mais ça change, j'aime bien.
je trouve ça chouette d'avoir le pdv à la fois de Diana et de Sara, ça montre l'intersection des discriminations très bien : transphobie, mysoginie, lesbophobie, biphobie.
les passages de violence ne sont pas atténués et c'est important de ne pas l'avoir fait, mais il n'y a pas non plus un giga focus sur ça. c'est aussi un bol de douceur et d'air frais, avec des passages super mimis, remplis d'amour.
je pense que c'est une BD parfaite pour sensibiliser les personnes à la transidentité, mais c'est aussi chouette à lire en tant que concerné.e parce que ça fait du bien de lire une histoire où tout n'est pas sur-dramatisé :)
j'ai beaucoup aimé les dessins !
la façon de raconter est vraiment typique d'un fanzine mais ça change, j'aime bien.
je trouve ça chouette d'avoir le pdv à la fois de Diana et de Sara, ça montre l'intersection des discriminations très bien : transphobie, mysoginie, lesbophobie, biphobie.
les passages de violence ne sont pas atténués et c'est important de ne pas l'avoir fait, mais il n'y a pas non plus un giga focus sur ça. c'est aussi un bol de douceur et d'air frais, avec des passages super mimis, remplis d'amour.
je pense que c'est une BD parfaite pour sensibiliser les personnes à la transidentité, mais c'est aussi chouette à lire en tant que concerné.e parce que ça fait du bien de lire une histoire où tout n'est pas sur-dramatisé :)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
black_flamed_candle_b00ks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Grief, and Dysphoria
Minor: Deadnaming, Hate crime, and Mental illness
threenerdsinatrenchcoat's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
C’est terrible de lire quelque chose de très bien fait, mais dont je ne suis pas du tout le public cible. Drôle, informatif, clair, mais tellement à l’intention des personnes cis que j’en ai plusieurs fois grincé des dents. Mon reproche principal est que le dessin de couverture ne correspond ni au style de dessin, ni au ton du livre. À part ça, un bon livre à mettre entre les mains d’une personne cis dont la partenaire transitionne.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Transphobia
grey_jayne's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I read Us as part of the Trans Rights Readathon. It's so sweet and honest and informative in the best ways. I love both people through their comic selves and that's beautiful. I could not recommend this memoir of two women in love enough if I tried. Everyone should read it. So much care and love (and laughs) are given to this story. Such a treat.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Transphobia
ronan_lesh's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
Minor: Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Medical content, and Religious bigotry
jayisreading's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
3.5
Us is a graphic memoir that focuses on Sara Soler’s relationship with her partner, Diana, who is a trans woman, and how they navigated the reactions that people had about Diana’s transitioning. While Soler herself isn’t trans, she takes care to focus on her partner’s experiences, and the good and bad of how people reacted. Relatedly, I appreciated that Soler disclosed her initial reactions to Diana being trans, which weren’t especially negative per se, but they weren’t necessarily the greatest either. I do think it takes some courage to be that honest, and I like that she took time to reflect on this and understand how she needs to improve.
That being said, Us really read more like a guide for cisgender people on how not to react to people coming out as transgender. While Soler did place focus on Diana’s experiences (and, of course, their relationship), the whole graphic memoir still read very much like it was coming from a cisgender person and how they’re understanding the trans identity. It didn’t quite rub me the wrong way, but I felt like it would have been better to have gotten Diana’s actual perspective.
It’s clear that a lot of love went into this graphic memoir, and I’m certainly glad that Soler was and continues to be an incredibly supportive partner for Diana. I just think I wasn’t the target audience, especially because this graphic novel definitely had more of an educational slant to it than I expected.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Dysphoria
readingpicnic's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed the art style of this! I didn't read the synopsis before picking this up, and I'm pretty sure that I've seen this advertised as a book by a trans author, which isn't true since it's written by a cisgender bisexual woman whose partner is a trans woman. The story mainly focuses on the author's partner's social transition with many different groups of people and the reactions they receive in coming out. I appreciated the author's honesty with including thought processes she was going through that she feels shame and regret about now that she's looking back on her reaction to her partner coming out. On that note though, I feel like this book's primary audience is not trans people, but cis people like the author who are having someone close to them transition. I didn't not enjoy it as a trans person, but it kind of felt like a book for educating cis people on how to and how not to react to someone close to them coming out as trans since we mainly got the cis author's perspective for the whole book. I will also say that the author's humor is not for me, and I feel like she seemed too jokey about how her partner now has to experience transmisogyny and catcalling from strangers. Idk, it was an okay book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Transphobia