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A review by bittersorbitol
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
challenging
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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? Yes
3.75
The romance wasn't my favourite, but I loved the main character and her friends, as well as the narration style of jumping between past and present scenes. I'm engaged to a trans woman, and while this book certainly does touch on a lot of important and relative topics it's important to keep in mind that a lot of it is fictionalized for ease of understanding (this is addressed directly by the author)
Graphic: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Outing, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia
Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Bullying
Minor: Toxic friendship and Violence
Deals with a lot of realities of being a trans woman, includes details about a suicide attempt, as well as a forced public outing resulting in bullying . Major trigger warning for attempted rape of the MC near the end of the novel, the attempted rapist's actions are described in detail