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Freakboy (2013)

by Kristin Elizabeth Clark(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0374324727 (ISBN13: 9780374324728)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

review 1: Story's pretty basic.. The poetry is the kind that reads like journal entries with random spaces rather than anything with a sense of rhythm. Just feels weirdly over dramatic in this format. Really, journal entries would have been more enjoyable but it couldn't have saved the extremely basic plot. If you don't know anything about trans issues and this is your first introduction, you will probably think the story is unique, but if you have been around the block even a little, it's just another rehash of the most obvious of trans narratives.
review 2: I think this was the first book I've read from the point of view of a transgender person and I would really like to read more books like it. I thought that Brendan was a pretty accurate portrayal of a teenager who w... moreould be realizing something like that. Angel was okay, I thought her point of view chapters were kind of confusing with the free verse though. The only problem I had with the book was Vanessa. She was the type of girl that I can't stand. She put her boyfriend above everyone else and I didn't feel one bit bad for her when she didn't have any friends anymore, also she was super needy. But overall, highly recommended. less

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