Scan barcode
A review by shellballenger
Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On by Christine Benvenuto
Did not finish book.
1.0
Type of read: Commuter read.
What made me pick it up: Seen on one of my recommended lists.
Overall rating: I liked the idea behind 'Sex Changes', an individual sharing their journey through their partner's transition; however, that’s the end of what I can say I liked about this book. And to be honest, that wasn’t the book itself, rather just the description used to get people to open the book. I did not finish Sex Changes because I found the language, tone, and writing to be disrespectful and demeaning. I don’t expect a life event like the transition of your partner to be easy to live through or retell but I do expect that we would treat people with the love, dignity, and respect they deserve when being truthful to those who claim to have loved them the most. I will admit, I don’t know the whole story but with how the author spent my first hour reading this book, I choose not to participate in the remainder of their story.
What made me pick it up: Seen on one of my recommended lists.
Overall rating: I liked the idea behind 'Sex Changes', an individual sharing their journey through their partner's transition; however, that’s the end of what I can say I liked about this book. And to be honest, that wasn’t the book itself, rather just the description used to get people to open the book. I did not finish Sex Changes because I found the language, tone, and writing to be disrespectful and demeaning. I don’t expect a life event like the transition of your partner to be easy to live through or retell but I do expect that we would treat people with the love, dignity, and respect they deserve when being truthful to those who claim to have loved them the most. I will admit, I don’t know the whole story but with how the author spent my first hour reading this book, I choose not to participate in the remainder of their story.