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I feel like I just wanna sit and think about this book forever. It really is such a smart concept, and I think Spangler executed it really well and really sensitively. One thing that really stuck out to me in contrast to my last review of a trans YA is that it consciously refuses to fall into the Thing of a person having to be queer in order to be attracted to a trans person. I don't think it would read true if it wasn't something he considered, and I'm glad that he does for that reason, and but I'm equally glad he comes away with "Nope, I'm straight - I'm a guy attracted to a girl."

I also really like how both Dylan and Jamie are super fleshed-out, flawed, real characters - they both screw up, they both say and do things they regret, they both make some poor choices in people - and that the book gives little views into other ways to experience dysphoria/general discomfort in your skin and how much other people's gazes contribute to it.

I had kind of a hard time getting a handle on the major secondary characters, specifically JP and Dylan's mom, but not in a bad way, I don't think. They too felt very human, very realistically flawed, and I'd be curious to know where both of them landed emotionally a few weeks after the book ended. Curiosity about what comes after The End? Rarely a bad thing.

Definitely recommend, especially for a book club - this is the kind of book you wanna DISCUSS.