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A review by leafblade
Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition by Maia Kobabe
4.0
I recieved a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The first time Gender queer got published, I missed the NetGalley archive date and didn't get a chance to read it even though I had been approved for it, and I've been beating myself up over it since. I'm so glad they came with a deluxe edition because I couldn't have gone without this book for much longer tbh.
This is exactly what it promised to be: a memoir about the author's relationship with gender. I gravitate towards a lot of the stuff e said here, from gender feelings to sexuality feelings to the fear of doctor's appointments. I just got out of Loveless by Alice Oseman last night, and I'm queer myself, so the lesser known queer identities feels are big on my right now lol. Pardon me if I don't make sense.
On the technical part: the drawings are beautiful, clear and expressive. When the author said e has a masters on comics I was lowkey glad because if not, e was probably a comic wizard. The story flows perfectly and seamlessly from childhood to teenage years to college and beyond. The colors were perfect, the text read alright and there wasn't a lot of info dumping on queer issues, as there tends to be in stories like this. Which is fine, but the author finds a more organic way of weaving them throughout the whole book.
Also eir family looks so cool I'm jealous my mom is literally on online mass rn
The first time Gender queer got published, I missed the NetGalley archive date and didn't get a chance to read it even though I had been approved for it, and I've been beating myself up over it since. I'm so glad they came with a deluxe edition because I couldn't have gone without this book for much longer tbh.
This is exactly what it promised to be: a memoir about the author's relationship with gender. I gravitate towards a lot of the stuff e said here, from gender feelings to sexuality feelings to the fear of doctor's appointments. I just got out of Loveless by Alice Oseman last night, and I'm queer myself, so the lesser known queer identities feels are big on my right now lol. Pardon me if I don't make sense.
On the technical part: the drawings are beautiful, clear and expressive. When the author said e has a masters on comics I was lowkey glad because if not, e was probably a comic wizard. The story flows perfectly and seamlessly from childhood to teenage years to college and beyond. The colors were perfect, the text read alright and there wasn't a lot of info dumping on queer issues, as there tends to be in stories like this. Which is fine, but the author finds a more organic way of weaving them throughout the whole book.
Also eir family looks so cool I'm jealous my mom is literally on online mass rn