rachaelcohen's review
1.0
this was quite literally one of the most harmful pieces of media i have ever consumed. i don't know if you can rate a book 0 stars, but i would if i could! found this in a little free library and looked it up on here, but then hate-read it once i read the reviews.
cherylanne's review
4.0
Very engaging, but kind of uneven. Was ready to give up on it a few times, but I was drawn back in.
sourkosherreads's review
By far one of the worst books that I have ever read. Tasteless, tone-deaf, fetishistic of the trans experience, exploitative, anti-Semitic and, above all else, sophomoric.
sde's review
1.0
I couldn't finish reading this book. It starts off on a bad note - Adam, the main character's sexual advances are brushed off by a girl he likes because he is not aggressive enough. After all we've been trying to teach our sons about respect women, "no means no," and the definition of rape.
Most of the characters have very little self-esteem, and keep getting into relationships that are damaging to them. The book depicts lesbians and trans folks in a negative light - all they do is smoke pot, drink, hurt each other, and go to sex clubs. Even though they are students at Columbia and Smith. They all seem to be depressed. It also depicts them as one-dimensional. All they think about is sexuality. There is very little variety and personality difference between one lesbian character and another.
This is a YA book in that the narrator is a confused teenage boy. But I would only give it to older teens as it is very explicit.
Most of the characters have very little self-esteem, and keep getting into relationships that are damaging to them. The book depicts lesbians and trans folks in a negative light - all they do is smoke pot, drink, hurt each other, and go to sex clubs. Even though they are students at Columbia and Smith. They all seem to be depressed. It also depicts them as one-dimensional. All they think about is sexuality. There is very little variety and personality difference between one lesbian character and another.
This is a YA book in that the narrator is a confused teenage boy. But I would only give it to older teens as it is very explicit.
juicelina's review
1.0
Video is UP! We read Adam so you don't have to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7SXtW6NgUg
wow... just wow. literally everything was "resolved" within the last 15-20 pages and that was a choice. This entire book was a choice. A very questionable choice. I have to say this author really did a good job writing from the perspective of an extremely privileged straight white boy and making nearly every single character unlikable.
wow... just wow. literally everything was "resolved" within the last 15-20 pages and that was a choice. This entire book was a choice. A very questionable choice. I have to say this author really did a good job writing from the perspective of an extremely privileged straight white boy and making nearly every single character unlikable.
msjaquiss's review
4.0
I enjoyed this book. It made me laugh and cringe in equal measure. I learned quite a lot about the trans dilemma even if this story line was highly implausible. I loved the interplay among the characters and thought that they were all nicely fleshed out -- each main character was interesting enough on his/her own to be the focus of the story.
grubgabby's review
1.0
got this because it sounded like a mess and it was. every type of phobic. why would u even write this ever
sonjbean's review
2.0
okay. so i get that this is supposed to be queer culture told through the eyes of a 17 year old mostly-ignorant boy but wow. adam is just a wholly unlikeable character with hardly any redeeming qualities. all the lesbians and trans people were mildly-offensive stereotypes.
i understand that the point was maybe to make fun of the stereotypes which people in the queer community are sometimes guilty of playing into and that almost worked. however, the way it was written made it not at all obvious that this was the point and instead everything was just awkward!!
this was quite easy to get through though, i laughed a few times, and i was interested to see if adam would actually learn anything by the end. which, he kind of did but also really didn't.
i understand that the point was maybe to make fun of the stereotypes which people in the queer community are sometimes guilty of playing into and that almost worked. however, the way it was written made it not at all obvious that this was the point and instead everything was just awkward!!
this was quite easy to get through though, i laughed a few times, and i was interested to see if adam would actually learn anything by the end. which, he kind of did but also really didn't.