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Symptoms of Being Human
by Jeff Garvin
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This was the first 2016 book I read in 2015, and it really set the bar. Symptoms of Being Human really has the ability to change lives. It definitely changed the way I thought about some things and opened my eyes to others. Jeff Garvin broke my heart into a million pieces and put it back together again.
Riley is gender fluid. Some days she identifies as a girl and other days her internal compass points all the way to boy. Her mother and congressman father have no clue of their child's identity, and constantly push her towards being a girl. Under the advice of a Therapist Riley beings anonymous blog to let out her feelings, soon it becomes a huge hit and her no follower blogs climbs to over 30,000 followers.
Initially Garvin gave us no hints of Riley's birth gender, it was subtle hints dropped through out Symptoms of Being Human that you go the impression that Riley was born a girl. Riley describes her decision of dressing or behaving more like another gender by a compass. Sometimes it points more towards the feminine side and other times the masculine side. Riley doesn't like being forced into a gender category and it tends to give her anxiety. It was interesting to see that something as simple as changing the way Riley would walk in the hallway would relieve that pent up pressure and anxiousness.
My heart really went out to the way Riley was treated. Being run out of her old high school because she was being harassed by the other students. Riley hopes that her new public school would be better, but sadly it isn't. The football players make her their target, constantly calling her names, verbally attacking her, and even going as far to attack her in a alley way. It was friends like Solo and Bec that really made me happy for Riley. She deserved so much more then what people gave her, and Bec and Solo were able to see right through it all.
Symptoms of Being Human is a book that will stick out in your mind long after you read the last page.
This was the first 2016 book I read in 2015, and it really set the bar. Symptoms of Being Human really has the ability to change lives. It definitely changed the way I thought about some things and opened my eyes to others. Jeff Garvin broke my heart into a million pieces and put it back together again.
Riley is gender fluid. Some days she identifies as a girl and other days her internal compass points all the way to boy. Her mother and congressman father have no clue of their child's identity, and constantly push her towards being a girl. Under the advice of a Therapist Riley beings anonymous blog to let out her feelings, soon it becomes a huge hit and her no follower blogs climbs to over 30,000 followers.
Initially Garvin gave us no hints of Riley's birth gender, it was subtle hints dropped through out Symptoms of Being Human that you go the impression that Riley was born a girl. Riley describes her decision of dressing or behaving more like another gender by a compass. Sometimes it points more towards the feminine side and other times the masculine side. Riley doesn't like being forced into a gender category and it tends to give her anxiety. It was interesting to see that something as simple as changing the way Riley would walk in the hallway would relieve that pent up pressure and anxiousness.
My heart really went out to the way Riley was treated. Being run out of her old high school because she was being harassed by the other students. Riley hopes that her new public school would be better, but sadly it isn't. The football players make her their target, constantly calling her names, verbally attacking her, and even going as far to attack her in a alley way. It was friends like Solo and Bec that really made me happy for Riley. She deserved so much more then what people gave her, and Bec and Solo were able to see right through it all.
Symptoms of Being Human is a book that will stick out in your mind long after you read the last page.