A review by bookreviewswithkb
Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

 thank you to @booksparks for the #gifted copy as part of the #SPRC2024 lineup! 

this is a moving novel that explores trans identity in a really beautiful way. the author offers poignant reflections on class, identity, poverty, violence against women. it’s about the ways we slowly come to understand we have to hide who we are, how to keep ourselves safe from those who refuse to honor our identities, the ways we find acceptance in the people who truly see us 

“just like at four or five years old, when you already sense that something in you is different, you hear your parents or your neighbors making comments that - you don’t know why - hurt you and you never forget. words wielded casually that transform into barbed wire that blocks your way and limits your world forever…”