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Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

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peytonhhill's review against another edition

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4.75

What an excellent book. I learned way more than I thought I would! The author does a great job of storytelling and I really feel like I have a much deeper understanding of how trans and nonbinary experiences can be after reading. I think everyone would benefit from reading this! Honestly it is way more tame than I thought it would be considering how controversial and banned it is. Hats off to the author for putting it out there, what a brave thing to do. I feel grateful for the reading experience!
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antijeffbozo_love2read's review against another edition

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4.75

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rubadubindabathtub's review against another edition

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4.0

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sapphic_alpaca's review against another edition

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5.0

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k_williams_15's review against another edition

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5.0

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strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

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5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is an autobiographical comic about Maia Kobabe’s gender identity. I understand why it has been such a challenged book because some of the scenes are very graphic, but I think it has an important purpose and message. 
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caitlinemccann's review against another edition

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4.5

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bashsbooks's review against another edition

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4.25

I applaud Kobabe for being willing to share eir gender journey and identity with a country and a world that is currently saying they don't want to hear it. I see why this book has been banned so much, and it makes me incredibly sad, because e's experience is so relatable in many ways - from the discomfort of being labeled as a girl and separated from the boys, to the obsession with queer fic that makes you worry you're fetishizing people until you realize you're one of them, to the fear of the pap smear, and definitely to the reactions of the cis women who love you and fear you're suffering from internalized misogyny.

That said, Gender Queer does feel rushed and incomplete in places. Some of the transitions are blunt and awkward, and some of the story feels glossed over or pressed for time (specifically, when e goes into the biological explanations for eir gender - that is a lot of info, and fast). I wish it had been longer, more thorough, maybe multiple volumes, though I understand that Kobabe may not want to share that much.
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