kimakins's review against another edition
5.0
This was such a beautiful book, and I can't wait to read it again.
aus10england's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Medical content
ruthypoo2's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
theshaggyshepherd's review against another edition
3.0
Good Boy by Jennifer Finney Boylan gives me mixed feelings. I love having access to more trans-positive books and I am a big lover of dogs so I jumped right away at the chance to read this one. There are a lot of insights into what can be a difficult situation and I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to read about her life but I did struggle to get through the whole book and it took me much longer than expected. It felt disjointed a lot of the time and I could not really empathize with the way she talked about her dogs and how they were supposedly related to the stages in her life. It was not until the end of the book where I really felt that connection and wish to find out more and I probably will read more of her books in the future because she does still have an interesting writing style, even if it does not always work for me personally.
jsanders05's review against another edition
3.0
I thought it was going to be a story about dogs. I love dog books. Bruce Cameron is one of my favorites. Pleasure reads. Happy tears.
This is not a book about dogs...per say. It did turn out to be a more pleasant read than I anticipated, and it had some happy tears. It was also super slow at spots and the last 10-15 pages just draaaaaaaggged. (No pun intended. You’ll understand once you read it.)
The author is a transgender woman and this memoir is a lot about her early life (when she was living as a man) and about her immediate family. The dog stories are just sprinkles. If I knew the author better I may have enjoyed the book a little more, but I didn’t even know Jennifer Boylan existed until now. There’s several more books out there by her; I may have to pick up another.
Book had cute moments. Had boring moments. My highlighter got some use. Twitter got some quotes. I’m passing it along to another reader.
This was my first LGBTQ author. Not that that’s a milestone or something, but I’m glad to be expanding my reading experiences.
This is not a book about dogs...per say. It did turn out to be a more pleasant read than I anticipated, and it had some happy tears. It was also super slow at spots and the last 10-15 pages just draaaaaaaggged. (No pun intended. You’ll understand once you read it.)
The author is a transgender woman and this memoir is a lot about her early life (when she was living as a man) and about her immediate family. The dog stories are just sprinkles. If I knew the author better I may have enjoyed the book a little more, but I didn’t even know Jennifer Boylan existed until now. There’s several more books out there by her; I may have to pick up another.
Book had cute moments. Had boring moments. My highlighter got some use. Twitter got some quotes. I’m passing it along to another reader.
This was my first LGBTQ author. Not that that’s a milestone or something, but I’m glad to be expanding my reading experiences.
bpwagoner's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0