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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
4 reviews
siriface's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Drug use, Violence, Police brutality, and Death
erinnuttle's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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
kai cheng thom is able to reel you in less than 200 pages with strong language, fantastical elements of dying mermaids and fierce femmes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Transphobia
Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, and Death
alliemikennareads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars is a trans memoir with a unique and engaging format. It has a fantastical nature that really adds to the overall feel of the book. Sometimes it was a little hard to follow as an audiobook but it has a good flow generally. Overall, I enjoyed getting to hear this story! It did remind me that I’m still not huge on memoirs except celebrity ones, but I’m glad I expanded my horizons and am not disappointed I chose this to pick up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts
podanotherjessi's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
This book was a very strange experience. I treated it more like non-fiction with heavy metaphor than fiction iwth real life inspiration, but I rated it like I would fiction, so I really don't know. But in any case, I don't agree with every theme the author included in here (opening with "I don't believe in safe spaces" certainly had my back up from the get go), but I do think they are presented in a deep way. The writing style is amazing, and the audiobook narrator includes inflections that make it almost sound like listening so spoken word poetry at every moment. I really enjoyed this book over all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Transphobia
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