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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom

12 reviews

roseandivy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

fast paced and very good at dealing in hard-hitting metaphor— wish we’d gotten more of the history of the setting and a little more fleshed-out ensemble cast but i liked the magical realism aspects a lot and the mc’s character development is shown well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Self harm, Transphobia, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, and Hate crime

beauytoy's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

• 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

semi memoir, semi magical realism. really great book, I find myself really enjoying everything kai cheng thom puts out. this was such a fun book, ever the very sad parts were so beautiful. i must own this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Minor: Child abuse

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• 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

I loved this magical, fantasy-tinged memoir. I got sucked into our protagonist’s world and all the events and people that showed up. I was also satisfied with how things turned out for her. 

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Content Warnings

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

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm and Police brutality

Minor: Child abuse

yaoipaddle's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny fast-paced

• 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

Listened to the audiobook. It was just ok. A fun and quick listen. 

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Content Warnings

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

elsebeok's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

magickshop's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Transphobia, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child abuse

wireblight's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

orchidd's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, and Abandonment

alliemikennareads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars is a trans memoir with a unique and engaging format. It has a fantastical nature that really adds to the overall feel of the book. Sometimes it was a little hard to follow as an audiobook but it has a good flow generally. Overall, I enjoyed getting to hear this story! It did remind me that I’m still not huge on memoirs except celebrity ones, but I’m glad I expanded my horizons and am not disappointed I chose this to pick up.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence