A review by crystall_library
Symptoms of Being Human, by Jeff Garvin
4.0
CW: homophobia, transphobia, mentions of suicide, sexual assault, public outing
I want to preface this by saying that I was under the impression before and while reading that this book was own voices. It wasn't until I reached the authors note at the end that I realized that it was not. I'm not entirely sure where I got the idea anymore. That being said, I can't speak on how accurate, positive, or negative the representation in this book is.
Overall, I enjoyed the book in itself. I really liked Riley as a character and seeing the friendships they develop with Solo and Bec over the course of the book (though I didn't care much for the romance an honestly forgot it happened until Looking over the book for review). The book definitely created an emotional response in me, which is why I initially gave it five stars, but after thinking about it, I'm not sure this is really one I would reread, especially knowing that it isn't an own voices book.
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I want to preface this by saying that I was under the impression before and while reading that this book was own voices. It wasn't until I reached the authors note at the end that I realized that it was not. I'm not entirely sure where I got the idea anymore. That being said, I can't speak on how accurate, positive, or negative the representation in this book is.
Overall, I enjoyed the book in itself. I really liked Riley as a character and seeing the friendships they develop with Solo and Bec over the course of the book (though I didn't care much for the romance an honestly forgot it happened until Looking over the book for review). The book definitely created an emotional response in me, which is why I initially gave it five stars, but after thinking about it, I'm not sure this is really one I would reread, especially knowing that it isn't an own voices book.
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Little Bookshelf Dragon