This was so lovely, and not just like a pastiche like "change the story and change this thing about the character" nor did it honestly spend a lot of time on the transphobia parts of it, though there were definitely some scenes--in a kind of realistic-ish way, though obviously the time period question meant the stakes were a certain way. (What I'm trying to say it was there, but it wasn't omnipresent and wasn't the sole focus of the story, just an important piece of it.) It was really more about Peter growing up and realizing how to love instead of fight, and that was lovely. The tone of it took me a hot second to get into, especially reading from Peter's perspective, but by the end I was really into it and frankly couldn't put it down. I'm definitely going to have to check out Chant's other books; this one just felt good to read, and I'm really grateful I got to read it.