A review by abookwithreview
Alex As Well by Alyssa Brugman
2.0
I was going to give this book one star but honestly it is a quick read and there are a couple of great relatable quotes but honestly this book is mostly just disgusting wish fulfilment porn of a stereotype of an intersex teen from the mind of a cisgender woman.
She leans into the trans and intersex people are disgusting perverts thing, she makes the mom absolutely batshot crazy instead of giving us a view of just generally unsupportive parents (the mom doses the MC with testosterone in their food, and assaults a 15 year old), and then everything ends in a modeling contract and the 15 year old MC getting to live in their own apartment.
Idk what else I can say
She leans into the trans and intersex people are disgusting perverts thing, she makes the mom absolutely batshot crazy instead of giving us a view of just generally unsupportive parents (the mom doses the MC with testosterone in their food, and assaults a 15 year old), and then everything ends in a modeling contract and the 15 year old MC getting to live in their own apartment.
Idk what else I can say