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Hera Lindsay Bird by Hera Lindsay Bird

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adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

The Ginkgo Light by Arthur Sze

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adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy Russell

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

I basically read this in one sitting after a nearly two year long reading slump. Fun, refreshing, exciting, motivating. Some of the trans-specific terminology is outdated, but not to an extent that it undermines Russell's argument. I feel like I'll keep coming back to this.

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

Fairly simple and lighthearted, but had especially compelling character development considering its genre and tone.

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Kinda plotless yet weirdly eventful coming-of-age-at-29 novel where the main character is allowed to deeply dwell in her transness and how it impacts her life. Half of me wishes that this would replace the cultural touchstone that Catcher in the Rye is, because this time around, the characters' disillusionment has more motivation behind it than like, being fifteen and wanting to be disillusioned. The other half of me thinks that cis people shouldn't really read this, because it's very much written for trans people. I feel like a lot of the weight of the sentiments expressed in this book that may be easily misinterpreted by people who have never had the experience of questioning their gender. It's not happy, but it also doesn't bask in superfluous queer pain. I didn't give it 5 stars because the ending of it is a pretty abrupt and I wish more had been done with the character introduced in Part ii. But yeah. Loved this book, wish it were longer, I wanna hang out with Maria in Reno.

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