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simonlorden 's review for:
Having Her Back
by Ann Gallagher
edit on 2019.02.07.
I vaguely remembered the awful coming out scene in this book, so I looked it up again, and hey - I actually read and wrote a review for this when I still thought I was cis! Imagine that. It feels like forever ago.
I actually don't know for sure if this author is cis, but if anyone asked me for an example for a book that is heavy with the cis gaze, I'd pick this one.
In any case, I'm going to be re-reading at least parts of this book eventually for my MA thesis, so I might write a new review and give a proper rating when that happens.
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(original review in November 2017)
I enjoyed parts of this book, mainly the parts about life in Spain and life on millitary bases.
That being said, the rest of the book was heavily about /being/ transgender instead of "just" having a trans character, and as a cis person that is definitely not my place to evaluate. Shannon's friends and family were all supportive, which is good, but I definitely felt like they were sometimes celebrated for their acceptance which should be basic human decency - and I'm sure there could be other problems with the representation that I didn't pick up on (not to mention Trevor's horrible first reaction, which... okay, he got better later, but that was awful and he still had some moments later on in the book).
I vaguely remembered the awful coming out scene in this book, so I looked it up again, and hey - I actually read and wrote a review for this when I still thought I was cis! Imagine that. It feels like forever ago.
I actually don't know for sure if this author is cis, but if anyone asked me for an example for a book that is heavy with the cis gaze, I'd pick this one.
In any case, I'm going to be re-reading at least parts of this book eventually for my MA thesis, so I might write a new review and give a proper rating when that happens.
--
(original review in November 2017)
I enjoyed parts of this book, mainly the parts about life in Spain and life on millitary bases.
That being said, the rest of the book was heavily about /being/ transgender instead of "just" having a trans character, and as a cis person that is definitely not my place to evaluate. Shannon's friends and family were all supportive, which is good, but I definitely felt like they were sometimes celebrated for their acceptance which should be basic human decency - and I'm sure there could be other problems with the representation that I didn't pick up on (not to mention Trevor's horrible first reaction, which... okay, he got better later, but that was awful and he still had some moments later on in the book).