4.5 stars.

This was an absolutely random pick from my library and I am so glad I picked it up. Maia Kobabe has written a graphic memoir regarding the journey to understand and accept eir identity. There was a lot of honesty in these pages, with some great exploration of anxiety.

This was a book I needed. While I absolutely respect the identity choices of others, I really needed some help to understand a bit more of the situation for nonbinary and gender queer individuals. This was a perfect fit. I was able to follow Maia's life in a way that presented the situations simply yet with a great emotional content. I found that I was able to understand eir perspective and even identify with some of the individual feelings presented. The discussion around pronouns and how to address others in a way to understand their preferences was well done and easily followed.

This is a fantastic read. There is so much heart in the story and I really appreciated Kobabe's willingness to lay so much of eir own feelings bare. That takes a lot of courage and I highly appreciate eir ability to present this story to the world.