by Cris Beam
I have mixed feelings about this book. Which seems to be a common thing in books I have read recently. Huh. There definitely is some good in this book. Firstly, hooray for diversity!! Transgender people are so underrepresented in books, TV and other media, so it's wonderful to finally see them getti...
I was not a huge fan of our main character, J. I understand that he was trying desperately to conform to what he thought was masculine attitude ... but some of his comments had me narrowing my eyes. Guys can have feelings, too *gasp* And being called a lesbian is not the worst thing in the world. ...
you really care for j. some characters were annoying. full review later for Rainbow Reads
More like a 3.5.J has always felt like a boy mistakenly born as a girl. Yet, as he grew up, his body began to betray him and J started covering up his body, keeping himself invisible. But after being deserted by the best friend he thought would always be by his side, J decides that he's done hiding ...
3.5At one point in time I totally felt like I had to gush over this book (& it deserves it) but once upon a time a few minutes later, I started [b:Divergent|13335037|Divergent (Divergent, #1)|Veronica Roth|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328559506s/13335037.jpg|13155899] and completely f...
I loved the concept but the story was a bit bland. I felt like I was living in this person's head for 300 pages. And it wasn't very interesting.
What first struck me about I Am J is that it isn't just about a transgendered teen. It isn't even just about a biracial teen. No, for our protagonist J it's about both. Cris Beam shows us the very realistic life of a teen who is lost in a sea of misunderstandings, all because he happened to be born ...
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