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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom

31 reviews

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

4.75

Beautiful. Cute. Brutal. Poetry like. Very unique I have not enough words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Dysphoria, Violence, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Racism

There are descriptions of swarms of bees and violent transphobia

spacejamcam's review

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Sexual assault

beauytoy's review

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

semi memoir, semi magical realism. really great book, I find myself really enjoying everything kai cheng thom puts out. this was such a fun book, ever the very sad parts were so beautiful. i must own this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse

sophiesometimesreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this! I loved how magical realism was woven through this and the writing style was wonderful, lyrical but easy to follow too. I liked that we got snippets from journal entries and letters through the stories. It was funny and emotional and real, and I had a great time reading this. Check the content warnings, though, as this does have some intense themes at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

mar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

dark and funny, fantastical and defiant, dreamy and bloody all at the same time. a fabulous, surreal subversion of what makes a "trans memoir" and a love letter to trans womanhood :')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Hate crime, Police brutality, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm and Blood

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse

csa not directly depicted, but its trauma is frequently referenced through allegory

payaut's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

while confusing and weird at times (and definitely confusing and weird on purpose) i super enjoyed reading this book and my fav part was definitely the cake/baking as the universe metaphor at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Transphobia

robinks's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this magical, fantasy-tinged memoir. I got sucked into our protagonist’s world and all the events and people that showed up. I was also satisfied with how things turned out for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Grief, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use, Sexism, Racism, and Misogyny

jamieruwen's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was wonderful: fierce and gentle, prodding and sweet, dark and magical. A magical realism, surreal biomythography about a trans girl and the fierce femmes she finds at her new home on the Street of Miracles after fleeing her old one. Our unnamed protagonist learns to reconcile the aggression and trauma within her after she and her friends form a trans girl-gang and go on a self-defensive spree of violence. A great book that refuses to be for cis people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Murder

bashsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars is a magical "memoir" that uses poetry and allegory to show what being a trans femme is like - from running away from home, forming a found family, defending herself, and growing as a woman. Though it uses unreality to prove its points, there are no rose-colored glasses in this short book. Everything is brutal, as the lives of many trans women are. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I can't wait to read more by Thom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Sexism, Misogyny, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Classism, Blood, Transphobia, Violence, Death, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Self harm, Stalking, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Drug use

-Usage of the f-slur as an insult.

solenekeleroux's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Self harm, Police brutality, Murder, Hate crime, Death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Drug use