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I think I liked this, but I am really glad I was forewarned about one major plot thing, and there were about three or four more (they just kept coming!) that just made this story more and more intense. I just kept wanting something to diffuse the tension, but it kept getting worse. Not a light read, by any measure. I think maybe the book could have worked just as well if the high impact events could have been dialed back to two or three horrible things, rather than a continuous series of them. I
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This is the story of an intersex teenager told in various first person reports. For me, one of the most enlightening quotes was when the child's doctor contrasts being transgender with being intersex; she classifies them as opposites. Being one gender and wanting to be another vs. feeling okay as you are, but being forced to choose. Very interesting and unique point of view.
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Wonderful characters, loved the writing style, felt pulled into this story about an intersex teen boy and his struggles, joys, family, and figuring out how to be his own person while coping with a lot of complicating factors. Pacing felt a little slow in the middle as he deliberated, paused, and tried to sort out his life. Lovely story.
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