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bronsonmh's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
This book was just wow. I really enjoyed reading it. It was very raw and powerful. I thought it was a great character based book. Amanda was such a strong character with a great voice. Granted this is the first book that I have read in which the main character was trans so I did not know so much about what they really go through. This book was a start of a great education for me. I would love to learn more about them and try to understand them to the best of my abilities. I listened to it as an audio book and thought it was a great choice. Also I highly recommend people to read or listen to the authors note. She talks about how this is her telling a story and things might not happen so easy in real life, but it really is a great positive way for people to think. I also liked the idea of flash back chapters to when Amanda was Andrew and her journey to become who she really wanted to be. The only issue I have with the book is some of the writing style and a little bit with the plot. For awhile I was trying to figure out what the main plot story was, but since this was character based I understand. And sometimes I did not like how the chapters jumped sometimes like from one scene to the next so fast you have no idea how you got there. Other than that I think it is a great read and a great debut novel. Hope to read more from her soon.
Moderate: Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Transphobia, and Outing
jude7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Outing, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Biphobia
Minor: Abortion
pennym_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Outing
Moderate: Deadnaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
bookedbymadeline'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? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Deadnaming, Misogyny, Blood, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Rape and Suicide
Also want to add trigger warnings for misgendering and character forcibly outing another character.dunollie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Drug use
jenpinbowling's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Biphobia
valereads's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Biphobia