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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
6 reviews
savazelena's review
- 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
It's taken me so long to write anything about this book because I've been so busy, but I haven't stopped thinking about it since I started reading it. I was so excited to take my walk every day so I could listen to this absolute and nothing short of a masterpiece. I don't even have a lot to say about it except that it's perfect. It changed my life in ways I understand right now and in ways I'll understand years from now.
It doesn't matter if it's true, it only matters what it started within the reader, and for me, it started something big.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, and Medical trauma
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.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
blackcatkai's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
this was a wild ride of a novel. what part is fantasy, what part is made up, what is real and what isn't? though that's probably not the point by any means, I loved the mix of magical realism and surrealism. different readers will probably interpret things their own way but a lot of it, to me, felt like ways for the MC to process the trauma and struggles she went through as a young trans girl who just ran away from home.
we've got girl gangs, mermaids, revenge plots, and found families. we've got struggles and hardships but also hope. cheering our MC on is so easy to do and you feel for her as she finds her place in the world and what she wants. I can see the fast paced writing/plot and the uncertainty of what is or isn't real putting some readers off, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism
Minor: Ableism
yaoipaddle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Medical content, and Trafficking
plantbasedbride'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
Kai Cheng Thom has found a unique literary voice through which to share her lived experience, and I am endlessly grateful that she has chosen to share it with the world. Thom’s work is poetic yet blunt, dreamlike yet firmly rooted in reality.
“Little cocoon apartment, I love how you rattle and shake in the wind. You are mine like nothing has ever been before. Someday you'll tear open, and I'll fly out with the wings I have grown inside you. Still shimmering. Still wet.”
I highly recommend!
Moderate: Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Medical content