Maybe for someone else this is a good book, and the review suggest this is true, but that is definitely not the case for me. This is another book about trans pain, not joy. Perhaps some people will find comfort in that but it's not me.

I also don't think I'm quite the target audience for this. While I'm a trans man myself, I'm part of the younger generation the main character complains about several times in this book. I'm one of those people who thinks labels are good when chosen by the individual as it's easy to feel lost or broken when there is no word for what you are (as the main character feels when he can't find evidence of other trans men). I'm one of those people who thinks the t-slur should not be used in classroom settings regardless of the situation and that safe places are important. I'm also one of those people who thinks that separating trans men and cis men into two different categories is wrong. Trans men are men, and while yes that phrase gets used as a weapon in this book, that does not make the phrase any less true.

I think it important to note that there are several cases of sexual assault in this book, as well as a questionable friendship between a 23 year-old trans woman and the main character when he's a child (13-14). It is made clear there is no ill-intent, but when trans women are already seen as predators and friendships between kids and adults are seriously questionable even when both parties are cis, it does not seem like the best thing to have included in this book.