A review by multilingual_s
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was much more deep and complicated than I expected. Not a lighthearted historical queer heist and love story at all. I found myself a bit annoyed in the beginning about modern touchstones of the trans masculine experience imposed on a historical narrative: binding, top surgery, taking testosterone. We know from historical accounts of trans men that this was not how it worked. But then the novel takes a twist that gets that explained and I really liked it. Also, one can always get my nerdy heart with lots of footnotes and citations from other authors. Another book that presumably is set in the here and now, but here and now is a neoliberal hell scape dystopia- see 'how I won a nobel price', 'your driver is waiting', 'big swiss' and 'my year of rest and relaxation'. Lots of body horror and gore though.