Detransition, Baby is a powerful story about gender identity and how it impacts so much of our lives. The main character Reese is living a good life, especially considering all the challenges she has faced as a transgender woman. Reese has a loving relationship with Amy after a not so great past relationship, she has a job she doesn't hate, and she enjoys living in NYC. But the relationship does not last and Amy detransitions and now goes by Ames. 

Ames isn't has happy as he expected to be, detransitioning made some things easier but also cost him his relationship with Reese and being true to himself is still a struggle. As he navigates a new relationship and a pregnant partner, he sees the pregnancy and coming baby as a way to have a new and different relationship with Reese- with her as a coparent in a parenting triad. 

So while the plot is marketed as being about this future baby and coparenting, this book is actually much more about the past events and relationships that led Reese and Ames to where they are now. There are frequent, vivid flashback scenes that help us understand the characters. To me, these flashbacks were the base of what made this story so engaging and moving. By the end when the plot focuses more on coparenting and pregnancy, the events felt contrived and cheesy. I know that made have been the point, but it lost me a bit. 

It's hard to criticize a book that is about an experience so far from my own, and overall I enjoyed this book immensely. I learned so much and this book also affirmed many things I believe about the joy and respect that everyone deserves in life and in love. Take care of yourself  and read with caution if pregnancy, gender dysphoria, or body shame are sensitive topics for you.