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I've seen criticisms of the book as being gimmicky in its avoidance of identifying the main character's birth gender, and of its avoidance of tip-off pronouns. I've also seen comments which claim that it's less readable if you're not part of the LBTQ community.
I was watching for clunkers in the pronoun area, and was fascinated by the writing style. By telling the story from Riley's viewpoint, it's first person rather than third, and so it's not awkward at all. For instance, what reason would you ...more
I was watching for clunkers in the pronoun area, and was fascinated by the writing style. By telling the story from Riley's viewpoint, it's first person rather than third, and so it's not awkward at all. For instance, what reason would you ...more
So like ... it's important to have gender fluid representation for young people. Because I'm already like Riley's father's age and pretty soon I won't understand what's going on and kids... they need to know that they're not alone or they need to know that some people aren't intentionally weird.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. ...more
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. ...more
