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clowdywings's review against another edition
5.0
Very relatable. Eir art style is very pretty and MANY of eir life events i also went through or experienced something similar (as a nonbinary person). To be honest I read it because it's on the banned book list in some states but I'm so glad I took the time to find it!
disabledreamer's review against another edition
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5.0
motherofbodie's review against another edition
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4.0
independent_wombat's review against another edition
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5.0
anjalisudarsan's review against another edition
4.0
I picked this book up out of curiosity, wondering why a graphic novel memoir would get banned and create so many ruffled feathers. Now I think the people who have issues with this book are kinda dumb, because this is just the author's personal life. It also gave me a better picture of how one grapples with gender, and the experience one goes through to understanding that they are non-binary.
I don't think reading about LGBT+ is going to magically influence any child, because if that were the case, there would be zero LGBT-oriented people in the countries where it's a criminal offence today (yet, there are lol). Be it the Victorian eras, or the places where it's criminalised, there continue to be people of different sexualities and genders, so I think it's better to know what they're going through and empathise than hate and act stupid. Really.
I don't think reading about LGBT+ is going to magically influence any child, because if that were the case, there would be zero LGBT-oriented people in the countries where it's a criminal offence today (yet, there are lol). Be it the Victorian eras, or the places where it's criminalised, there continue to be people of different sexualities and genders, so I think it's better to know what they're going through and empathise than hate and act stupid. Really.
annieme's review against another edition
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4.0