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This book was such an unexpected delight. Quirky and engrossing - a wonderful story.
The author definitely took his time illustrating the Stephanides family tree, and the first 100 pages or so kind of dragged. The final chapters, however, flew by so quickly that I'm not even sure I caught it all. There were many rivetting, touching moments, and the author writes beautifully. This is a truly great book.
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When writing about another book, I said that gender studies don't interest me. This does a better job of making gender studies interesting. There's enough of a story going on so that it's possible to read this whole book without ever considering gender theory. And that's a good thing.
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This is one of my absolutely favorite books of all time, told from the point of view of a hermaphrodite who lived half of his/her life as a girl and the rest as a boy/man. It's beautiful and a great story, very expertly crafted. It also made me wish I was born a hermaphrodite.
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Ok, ok, so maybe I only read a few pages, but the writing was terrible, and everything about being trans was Completely Made Up. That's right - this is a complete work of fiction by a cissexual man.
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Started this epic on a chilly Miami beach during the Winter Music Festival and finished it in the Reading Room of the New York Public Library (otherwise known as my church).
Dec 22, 2007
Shannon
marked it as to-read
I really want to read this but every time I find a copy it has that OPRAH stamp on it and then I refuse to buy it. Even for a dollar. STOP IT OPRAH.
May 14, 2007
Annie Dalton
marked it as to-read
I've heard mixed reviews, which peeks my interest even more.
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Jul 24, 2007
treehugger
marked it as to-read
Bleh. Maybe I'll come back to this one. Not in the mood.
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Sep 07, 2007
Willow
marked it as to-read
