Even though this book was published in January, I waited until Pride month to read this title. Of course, you can read queer books at any time of the year (and I do!), but I just felt like this one was going to be special and wanted to save it. I was not wrong. While it is messy and chaotic, Detranstion, Baby is a very special book. Readers who enjoy character-focused stories will appreciate this one as it is written almost as a character profile of three women. Peters, the author, explores topics such as gender identity and womanhood in a way I have not seen before in literary fiction. This may be because the author is a trans woman herself and admittedly, I have not read a lot of fictional work from transgender authors. I did end up taking one star off of my rating due to my personal enjoyment of the story and the quality of its writing, but I encourage other readers to add this title to their reading lists and join me in highlighting the writing of trans authors.