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A review by aliena_jackson
Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
2.0
I was so excited to read this book when I picked it up at my local library! A book about a trans girl and her best friend going on a road trip to confront her transphobic dad? Sign me up! Unfortunately, the excitement quickly left me 50 pages in.
Jess is just.....well, she’s something. She’s judgmental and rude, and she’s never sorry for her actions. She’s EXACTLY like her mother, in that they’re both manipulative and needy. Her character just ruined it for me. All she could think about was being trans. Listen, as an LGBT person, I have some strong beliefs about LGBT literature. One of my biggest complaints in when a character’s entire personality is just them being LGBT. And being trans is Jess’s entire character.
“Did you grow up in Nebraska?” I ask as Chunk starts Betty and we pull away.
“Yup.”
“But you seem so...tolerant.”
Do you see my point. Do you see how sucky Jess is?
And let’s not even talk about how bad the title is. It’s so cringey I wanted to scream.
Jess is just.....well, she’s something. She’s judgmental and rude, and she’s never sorry for her actions. She’s EXACTLY like her mother, in that they’re both manipulative and needy. Her character just ruined it for me. All she could think about was being trans. Listen, as an LGBT person, I have some strong beliefs about LGBT literature. One of my biggest complaints in when a character’s entire personality is just them being LGBT. And being trans is Jess’s entire character.
“Did you grow up in Nebraska?” I ask as Chunk starts Betty and we pull away.
“Yup.”
“But you seem so...tolerant.”
Do you see my point. Do you see how sucky Jess is?
And let’s not even talk about how bad the title is. It’s so cringey I wanted to scream.