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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
16 reviews
robinks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
ash_ton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Sexual content
Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship
siriface's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, and Police brutality
mirandyli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Dysphoria, and Classism
bashsbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Moderate: Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, and Stalking
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
-Usage of the f-slur as an insult.solenekeleroux's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Murder
bookish_afrolatina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
When I first picked this up, the only reference I had for a memoir steeped in magical realism was Carmen Maria Machado's In the Dream House. I realized very quickly that Fierce Femmes is a completely different thing! While this book is still full of fantastical elements and absurdities, it is a novel/faux memoir.
The main character is a trans girl who is the daughter of Chinese immigrants (in Canada, I believe) who live in a crooked house in a city called Gloom. Her parents are abusive so, although she feels guilty about leaving her sister, she knows running away will be for the best.
The MC is a self-described liar so we already know we have an unreliable narrator, which made this kind of intriguing. I loved the stories of connecting with other femmes in the pleasure district and the MC's journey of enforcing consent. It's a much needed discussion when others feel as though they are entitled to your body.
This novel includes:
transphobia, consent, sex work, drug use and abuse, found family, love, murder, revenge, adventure, and hot ghosts, among other things.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder
willows's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, and Medical trauma
chattie_the_mad_chatter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
This has a magical realisim, surreal feel that is so full of truth.
There are wonderful metaphors abounding displayed as a physical reality and inserts of poetry.
This book I had to put down at certain moments and breathe as I felt so moved by our protagonist and their friends and know that their story Echoes so many stories that go Unheard in our world.
So many moments that feel powerful, and give hope and show anyone who is not trans how it feels. It has been a delight and a horror to walk in her fabulous stilleto shoes for a moment.
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault
simple_alien's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Self harm, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Blood, and Murder