A review by sfbookgirl
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

emotional informative reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This character-driven novel is incredibly powerful and insightful although I do have to warn you that it is a heavy read. Torrey Peters’s story explores gender, motherhood, and the trans community and offers readers a complicated story centering around Reese, a trans woman who is in love with her girlfriend, Amy. But then, Amy decides to detransition and becomes Ames, and everything Reese envisioned for them to one day become a family of three unravels. 
 
When Ames discovers that his new cis girlfriend, Katrina, is pregnant, Ames wonders if he can still make create a family with Reese in which Ames, Reese, and Katrina raise the baby together. The plot mostly consists of Ames, Reese, and Katrina attempting to navigate this messy relationship prior to the birth of the baby. Peters beautifully depicts the specificity of the trans community while also illustrating a universal feeling of sympathy. The only reason I did not give it 5 stars was that I found some of the plot to ramble on a bit, but overall I really enjoyed this one. 
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