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Changers #3
Changers Book Three: Kim
This series takes the ultimate teen experiencenot feeling comfortable in one s own skinand folds it into a fantastical premise: with each year of high school, a young Changer wakes up as an entirely different person . . . While living with new identities might encourage empathy for other people, the more immediate concern for many Changers is how to survive a year of high school. Readers will connect with Kim as she tentatively makes new friends; watches Audrey, the girl she still cares about, from afar; and struggles with who she is and who she wants to be, while finding comfort in the theater crowd. This strong entry in the series is a good choice for readers looking for books about friendship, identity, and LGBTQ issues.
-- School Library Journal
"Kim's voice and the banter between characters are funny, and they feel real. The identity and marginalization issues loom large, but instead of being shoehorned into side characters, they're scooped up and taken into a deeper, entertaining, fantastic narrative."
-- Kirkus Review
Praise for the Changers series:
"Changers should appeal to a broad demographic. Teenagers, after all, are the world's leading experts on trying on, and then promptly discarding, new identities."
-- New York Times Book Review
"Fantastic and poignant."
--John Green
When we last saw Oryon Small he was kidnapped and locked in a basement, his best friend Chase dying in his arms. In Book Three of the groundbreaking Changers series, Oryon awakens as Kim Cruz, an Asian American girl whose body looks nothing like she expected or desired.
Where Changers Book One: Drew dealt primarily with issues of gender and bias, and Changers Book Two: Oryon explored issues concerning race and bigotry, Changers Book Three: Kim tackles the thorny, less straightforward subjects of body shaming, self-esteem, grief, mental illness, and how the expectations of the outside world can't help but color the way we see ourselves.
Kim--smart, funny, and finally fed up with the cards she's been dealt--is finding out that friends change, love doesn't always mean forever, and growing up means living your truth, even if it isn't pretty.
-- School Library Journal
"Kim's voice and the banter between characters are funny, and they feel real. The identity and marginalization issues loom large, but instead of being shoehorned into side characters, they're scooped up and taken into a deeper, entertaining, fantastic narrative."
-- Kirkus Review
Praise for the Changers series:
"Changers should appeal to a broad demographic. Teenagers, after all, are the world's leading experts on trying on, and then promptly discarding, new identities."
-- New York Times Book Review
"Fantastic and poignant."
--John Green
When we last saw Oryon Small he was kidnapped and locked in a basement, his best friend Chase dying in his arms. In Book Three of the groundbreaking Changers series, Oryon awakens as Kim Cruz, an Asian American girl whose body looks nothing like she expected or desired.
Where Changers Book One: Drew dealt primarily with issues of gender and bias, and Changers Book Two: Oryon explored issues concerning race and bigotry, Changers Book Three: Kim tackles the thorny, less straightforward subjects of body shaming, self-esteem, grief, mental illness, and how the expectations of the outside world can't help but color the way we see ourselves.
Kim--smart, funny, and finally fed up with the cards she's been dealt--is finding out that friends change, love doesn't always mean forever, and growing up means living your truth, even if it isn't pretty.
318 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2016
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About the author
T. Cooper
22 books54 followersT COOPER is the author of four novels, including the bestselling "The Beaufort Diaries" and "Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes," as well as a brand-new Young Adult book series entitled "Changers." Cooper edited an anthology of original stories entitled "A Fictional History of the United States With Huge Chunks Missing," and his most recent book is the non-fiction "Real Man Adventures" (just released in paperback from McSweeney's Books). He has also written for television, and is the co-founder of a new Empathy Project, Wearechangers.org.
T Cooper was born and raised in Los Angeles, attended Middlebury College in Vermont, and then taught high school in New Orleans before settling in New York City in 1996. He earned an MFA from Columbia University, and in addition to his books, Cooper's work has appeared in a variety of publications and anthologies, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Believer, One Story, Bomb, Electric Literature, The Brooklyn Review, The Portland Review, Document, and others. His short story "Swimming" was one of "100 Distinguished Stories" in The Best American Short Stories 2008 (ed. Salman Rushdie).
Cooper has been awarded residencies to The MacDowell Colony, Ledig House International, and The Millay Colony (where he was The New York Times Foundation Fellow). Not too long ago, he was a visiting faculty member at Middlebury College.
Cooper also adapted and produced a short film based on his graphic novel "The Beaufort Diaries." The animated short, directed by the book's illustrator Alex Petrowsky and starring actor David Duchovny, was an official selection at several film festivals, including Tribeca Film Festival, South By Southwest, The New Orleans Film Fest, The Worldwide Short Film Festival, and the Anchorage International Film Festival.
Cooper enjoys vintage airplanes, M*A*S*H, the great outdoors, world peace, buckwheat pancakes, and anything to do with pit bull advocacy. He lives with his wife and kids in New York and the South.
T Cooper was born and raised in Los Angeles, attended Middlebury College in Vermont, and then taught high school in New Orleans before settling in New York City in 1996. He earned an MFA from Columbia University, and in addition to his books, Cooper's work has appeared in a variety of publications and anthologies, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Believer, One Story, Bomb, Electric Literature, The Brooklyn Review, The Portland Review, Document, and others. His short story "Swimming" was one of "100 Distinguished Stories" in The Best American Short Stories 2008 (ed. Salman Rushdie).
Cooper has been awarded residencies to The MacDowell Colony, Ledig House International, and The Millay Colony (where he was The New York Times Foundation Fellow). Not too long ago, he was a visiting faculty member at Middlebury College.
Cooper also adapted and produced a short film based on his graphic novel "The Beaufort Diaries." The animated short, directed by the book's illustrator Alex Petrowsky and starring actor David Duchovny, was an official selection at several film festivals, including Tribeca Film Festival, South By Southwest, The New Orleans Film Fest, The Worldwide Short Film Festival, and the Anchorage International Film Festival.
Cooper enjoys vintage airplanes, M*A*S*H, the great outdoors, world peace, buckwheat pancakes, and anything to do with pit bull advocacy. He lives with his wife and kids in New York and the South.
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March 30, 2017
Skimmed this at the library cuz I was all excited. Trans author. Semi sorta trans premise. Fat queer girl MC with a pic of an actual fat girl on the cover.
Then I got to when the MC wakes up in the body of a fat queer Asian girl. And the MCs reaction was so intense, so much fat oppression and hatred, in layers. Basically the MC freaks out because they are newly in a fat body and spews an intense amount of loathing and fat hatred for pages and pages. I don't care if the MC learns to not hate fat people and the fat body they are inhabiting later on in the book. I am done.
Note: there are other deeply structural issues with this series that I have been discussing in the comments, with regard to the problem of a white coded character "learning" about racism through being inside the body of a person of color. (The entire series is structured on this learn about oppression through being inside a marginalized person's body premise, which is deeply objectifying, othering, and problematic as a structure for the series.)
Then I got to when the MC wakes up in the body of a fat queer Asian girl. And the MCs reaction was so intense, so much fat oppression and hatred, in layers. Basically the MC freaks out because they are newly in a fat body and spews an intense amount of loathing and fat hatred for pages and pages. I don't care if the MC learns to not hate fat people and the fat body they are inhabiting later on in the book. I am done.
Note: there are other deeply structural issues with this series that I have been discussing in the comments, with regard to the problem of a white coded character "learning" about racism through being inside the body of a person of color. (The entire series is structured on this learn about oppression through being inside a marginalized person's body premise, which is deeply objectifying, othering, and problematic as a structure for the series.)
May 24, 2018
This is the most wonderful and complicated gender identity/ LGBTQ+ series I've ever read. Seriously, why isn't there more hype about this? Literally EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS!
I love everything about it: The writing is wonderful and makes these books an easy, quick read. The kind of dystopian/fantasyish setting is super cool and the message is just brillant: It's not your gender, culture, outer appearance and Body Mass Index that defines who you are. And most of all: Love is possible. Against all odds and beyond all borders...
I love everything about it: The writing is wonderful and makes these books an easy, quick read. The kind of dystopian/fantasyish setting is super cool and the message is just brillant: It's not your gender, culture, outer appearance and Body Mass Index that defines who you are. And most of all: Love is possible. Against all odds and beyond all borders...
April 21, 2023
Ey, ich hab's versucht!
Die vorherigen Bände waren ja auch schon keine Weltliteratur, aber ich fand die Idee ganz interessant. Aber wo hier eigentlich Toleranz gegenüber Menschen, die nicht der Norm entsprechen gezeigt werden soll, ist für mich das komplette Gegenteil der Fall. Alle 5 Zeilen beschwert sie sich darüber, dass ihr 3. Change eine dicke Asiatin ist. Dann der richtig tiefe Griff in die Klischee-Kiste was die Sidekicks angeht.
Nee also, schade um meine Lebenszeit.
Die vorherigen Bände waren ja auch schon keine Weltliteratur, aber ich fand die Idee ganz interessant. Aber wo hier eigentlich Toleranz gegenüber Menschen, die nicht der Norm entsprechen gezeigt werden soll, ist für mich das komplette Gegenteil der Fall. Alle 5 Zeilen beschwert sie sich darüber, dass ihr 3. Change eine dicke Asiatin ist. Dann der richtig tiefe Griff in die Klischee-Kiste was die Sidekicks angeht.
Nee also, schade um meine Lebenszeit.
February 2, 2018
Zitate:
"Nur ich. Ich war anders. Bin anders." Seite 14
"Meistens versuche ich einfach, den Tag zu überstehen, lebe wie ein einfaches Bakterium so vor mich hin, bis meine kurze Zeit auf diesem Planeten abgelaufen ist." Seite 35
"Ich fing an zu weinen. Verzweifelte Kein-Ausweg-Tränen. Angereichert mit ordentlich Östrogen (mal wieder). Gott, wie ich Östrogen hasse!" Seite 55
"Aber wie soll ich denn überhaupt jemanden retten, wenn es doch mehr als offensichtlich ist, dass ich nicht mal mich selbst retten kann." Seite 154
Meinung:
Zurück aus dem RRR, geht es Oryon noch immer nicht wirklich gut. Zu sehr schmerzt ihn der Verlust von Chase, die Enttäuschung von Audrey und die Erinnerungen an seine Entführung.
Kann es denn bitte noch schlimmer kommen??? JA, es kann! Denn zu allem Überfluss findet er sich nach Change 3 im Körper von Kim wieder, einer ziemlich untersetzten Asiatin, die ihn auch körperlich vor große Herausforderungen stellt.
Ihr seht, Potential für den gewohnten Charme der Changers-Reihe ist gegeben ;)
Ich muss einfach feststellen, dass ich den 3. Band der Reihe viel zu lange im Regal habe versauern lassen -für alle, denen es eventuell ähnlich geht: das macht gar nichts, es finden sich immer wieder kleiner Erinnerungshilfen, sodass man schnell wieder im Bilde ist-.
Dabei konnte der Schreibstil des Autorenpaares mich ein weiteres Mal auf der Stelle fesseln, denn wenn ich ehrlich bin, habe ich Ethans/Drews/Oryons zynischen Humor schon vermisst! Und auch die erwähnten geschlechtsspezifischen „Defizite“ und Auffälligkeiten, entlocken dem Leser so manches Schmunzeln.
Aber für mich waren diese Auflockerungen auch nötig, denn von der Stimmung her, ist dies wohl der bislang schwerste Teil der Reihe. Die bereits erwähnten Verluste von Kim, gepaart mit Problemen im Elternhaus, da ihr Vater sich nur für die Changersphilosophie interessiert und nicht für seine Tochter, sowie weitere harte Vorkommnisse, erschaffen eine ziemlich traurige, bedrückte Atmosphäre, die sich weitestgehend über die gesamte Geschichte zieht. Normalerweise verschlinge ich Changers immer innerhalb kürzester Zeit, aber dieses Mal musste ich ab und an pausieren, da diese Schwermut doch etwas auf das Gemüt schlägt.
Was mir sehr gut gefallen hat, ist die Weiterentwicklung des Charakters. Die Prüfungen, die unser Changer hinter sich hat, lassen eigentlich nur den Schluss zu, dass er sich verändern muss. Und das tut er auch! Auch wenn Kim auf Grund ihrer „optischen Benachteiligung“ eine Zeit lang etwas zickig ist, wie man sich vielleicht vorstellen kann.
Das liebe Östrogen eben ;)
Auch nehmen die Autoren wieder ein paar sozialkritische Themen in den Fokus, wie Vorurteile, Andersartigkeit und die Reaktion der Menschen darauf. Das regt immer wieder zum Nachdenken und zur Selbstreflexion an, und kann somit definitiv nicht verkehrt sein. Vor allem in Jugendbüchern würde ich mir so etwas bedeutend öfter wünschen.
Alles in allem ist „Kim“ für mich ein gelungener, wenn auch melancholischer vorletzter Teil der Reihe, der mich sowohl sehr gut unterhalten, als auch sehr neugierig auf den Abschluss machen konnte. Für welchen V wird Ethan sich wohl entscheiden??? Ihr dürft gespannt sein, ich bin es jedenfalls :)
"Nur ich. Ich war anders. Bin anders." Seite 14
"Meistens versuche ich einfach, den Tag zu überstehen, lebe wie ein einfaches Bakterium so vor mich hin, bis meine kurze Zeit auf diesem Planeten abgelaufen ist." Seite 35
"Ich fing an zu weinen. Verzweifelte Kein-Ausweg-Tränen. Angereichert mit ordentlich Östrogen (mal wieder). Gott, wie ich Östrogen hasse!" Seite 55
"Aber wie soll ich denn überhaupt jemanden retten, wenn es doch mehr als offensichtlich ist, dass ich nicht mal mich selbst retten kann." Seite 154
Meinung:
Zurück aus dem RRR, geht es Oryon noch immer nicht wirklich gut. Zu sehr schmerzt ihn der Verlust von Chase, die Enttäuschung von Audrey und die Erinnerungen an seine Entführung.
Kann es denn bitte noch schlimmer kommen??? JA, es kann! Denn zu allem Überfluss findet er sich nach Change 3 im Körper von Kim wieder, einer ziemlich untersetzten Asiatin, die ihn auch körperlich vor große Herausforderungen stellt.
Ihr seht, Potential für den gewohnten Charme der Changers-Reihe ist gegeben ;)
Ich muss einfach feststellen, dass ich den 3. Band der Reihe viel zu lange im Regal habe versauern lassen -für alle, denen es eventuell ähnlich geht: das macht gar nichts, es finden sich immer wieder kleiner Erinnerungshilfen, sodass man schnell wieder im Bilde ist-.
Dabei konnte der Schreibstil des Autorenpaares mich ein weiteres Mal auf der Stelle fesseln, denn wenn ich ehrlich bin, habe ich Ethans/Drews/Oryons zynischen Humor schon vermisst! Und auch die erwähnten geschlechtsspezifischen „Defizite“ und Auffälligkeiten, entlocken dem Leser so manches Schmunzeln.
Aber für mich waren diese Auflockerungen auch nötig, denn von der Stimmung her, ist dies wohl der bislang schwerste Teil der Reihe. Die bereits erwähnten Verluste von Kim, gepaart mit Problemen im Elternhaus, da ihr Vater sich nur für die Changersphilosophie interessiert und nicht für seine Tochter, sowie weitere harte Vorkommnisse, erschaffen eine ziemlich traurige, bedrückte Atmosphäre, die sich weitestgehend über die gesamte Geschichte zieht. Normalerweise verschlinge ich Changers immer innerhalb kürzester Zeit, aber dieses Mal musste ich ab und an pausieren, da diese Schwermut doch etwas auf das Gemüt schlägt.
Was mir sehr gut gefallen hat, ist die Weiterentwicklung des Charakters. Die Prüfungen, die unser Changer hinter sich hat, lassen eigentlich nur den Schluss zu, dass er sich verändern muss. Und das tut er auch! Auch wenn Kim auf Grund ihrer „optischen Benachteiligung“ eine Zeit lang etwas zickig ist, wie man sich vielleicht vorstellen kann.
Das liebe Östrogen eben ;)
Auch nehmen die Autoren wieder ein paar sozialkritische Themen in den Fokus, wie Vorurteile, Andersartigkeit und die Reaktion der Menschen darauf. Das regt immer wieder zum Nachdenken und zur Selbstreflexion an, und kann somit definitiv nicht verkehrt sein. Vor allem in Jugendbüchern würde ich mir so etwas bedeutend öfter wünschen.
Alles in allem ist „Kim“ für mich ein gelungener, wenn auch melancholischer vorletzter Teil der Reihe, der mich sowohl sehr gut unterhalten, als auch sehr neugierig auf den Abschluss machen konnte. Für welchen V wird Ethan sich wohl entscheiden??? Ihr dürft gespannt sein, ich bin es jedenfalls :)
October 19, 2016
This is the third book in a YA series I’ve never heard of, so I’m reading this first. Ethan is a Changer: every year of high school he takes a different body, a different persona.
This year, his junior year, he wakes up as overweight Asian girl Kim Cruz. And she really hates her body a lot. It is hard to take. Her girlfriend from last year has become a bully. I did like her new friend Kris who was in Into the Woods, the school musical.
I finished reading this book, but I never actually connected with it. Yes, I’m several decades older than the target audience, but I think it is more that the premise never really worked for me. The Changers are a hidden minority, the commitment to world building beyond the glossary was negligible, but I can understand how others might like it.
I received this book from the publisher Akashic Books and Library Thing for a fair review on 10/6/16.
This year, his junior year, he wakes up as overweight Asian girl Kim Cruz. And she really hates her body a lot. It is hard to take. Her girlfriend from last year has become a bully. I did like her new friend Kris who was in Into the Woods, the school musical.
I finished reading this book, but I never actually connected with it. Yes, I’m several decades older than the target audience, but I think it is more that the premise never really worked for me. The Changers are a hidden minority, the commitment to world building beyond the glossary was negligible, but I can understand how others might like it.
I received this book from the publisher Akashic Books and Library Thing for a fair review on 10/6/16.
January 15, 2017
I generally feel like the premise of this series is too far-fetched and also tries to do too much. The premise is that there's a secret race of people who become an entirely different person every year of high school (like, different race and gender), and at the end they decide which of those people they want to be. Sometimes it's frustrating to watch the authors try to cover every possible identity issue, since they themselves don't seem to be black, or fat, or gay, and probably not transgender. And I'm skeptical that a change in appearance would entirely change who someone was friends with, though I do like how Drew/Oryon/Kim's different bodies force him/her to get to know different kids. Yet, the perpetual love-interest is still this conventionally pretty popular white girl, and I'm not sure at the end the main character is going to choose one of the more marginalized identities, either. But somehow every book has its moments where the premise works for a second and it seems brilliant.
August 4, 2025
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Changers Book Three: Kim is raw, funny, gut-punch honest, and—just like its main character—braver than it gets credit for.
By Book Three, you’d think you’d be used to the body swaps and identity whiplash that come with being a Changer. But Kim proves the emotional stakes only get higher the deeper you go. This time, our protagonist wakes up as Kim, a petite, Korean American girl with a complex family dynamic and a whole new set of cultural and societal expectations to navigate. And once again, nothing is simple.
What makes Kim so powerful is how layered it is. It’s not just about waking up in a new body. It’s about confronting privilege, unconscious bias, beauty standards, race, gender, and the constant tightrope walk of teenage life—except now with even more pressure. The authors don’t pull punches. They let Kim feel frustrated, lonely, confused, even angry—and it works. Because becoming someone new every year doesn’t magically make you wise—it just gives you more questions.
The writing is sharp and observant, laced with humor that cuts the tension without undercutting the emotional weight. We also get more insight into the Changers movement and its increasingly questionable rules. Kim starts pushing back, asking why, and suddenly the organization that seemed so mysterious in earlier books starts to crack open in really intriguing ways.
Also? The friendships and romantic entanglements in this book feel realer than ever. Nothing is easy. But everything feels earned.
Changers: Kim isn’t just the best book in the series so far—it’s the one where the emotional core truly clicks. It's not just about being someone else. It’s about finally deciding who you are, even when the world (or your own organization) keeps trying to tell you otherwise.
If you’ve stuck with Drew and Oryon, this book is your reward. And it’ll leave you both satisfied and desperate to see how it all ends.
Changers Book Three: Kim is raw, funny, gut-punch honest, and—just like its main character—braver than it gets credit for.
By Book Three, you’d think you’d be used to the body swaps and identity whiplash that come with being a Changer. But Kim proves the emotional stakes only get higher the deeper you go. This time, our protagonist wakes up as Kim, a petite, Korean American girl with a complex family dynamic and a whole new set of cultural and societal expectations to navigate. And once again, nothing is simple.
What makes Kim so powerful is how layered it is. It’s not just about waking up in a new body. It’s about confronting privilege, unconscious bias, beauty standards, race, gender, and the constant tightrope walk of teenage life—except now with even more pressure. The authors don’t pull punches. They let Kim feel frustrated, lonely, confused, even angry—and it works. Because becoming someone new every year doesn’t magically make you wise—it just gives you more questions.
The writing is sharp and observant, laced with humor that cuts the tension without undercutting the emotional weight. We also get more insight into the Changers movement and its increasingly questionable rules. Kim starts pushing back, asking why, and suddenly the organization that seemed so mysterious in earlier books starts to crack open in really intriguing ways.
Also? The friendships and romantic entanglements in this book feel realer than ever. Nothing is easy. But everything feels earned.
Changers: Kim isn’t just the best book in the series so far—it’s the one where the emotional core truly clicks. It's not just about being someone else. It’s about finally deciding who you are, even when the world (or your own organization) keeps trying to tell you otherwise.
If you’ve stuck with Drew and Oryon, this book is your reward. And it’ll leave you both satisfied and desperate to see how it all ends.
May 23, 2017
The Changers books have been among my favorites ever since I discovered them, all the way back at "Drew." All of them have forced me to think and be extremely introspective, but none of them have managed to hit me in the way "Kim" did.
I've BEEN Kim, or the white-girl version, at least. I've been fat since childhood, and to see Kim deal with her self-worth and depression as I have...I cried for the first time in a long time during my read of this book. Despite the sobbing, however, I somehow managed to read the book in just under two and a half hours.
"Kim" is a marvelous installment in a series I don't hesitate to recommend to friends and loved ones, and I eagerly await the next book.
I've BEEN Kim, or the white-girl version, at least. I've been fat since childhood, and to see Kim deal with her self-worth and depression as I have...I cried for the first time in a long time during my read of this book. Despite the sobbing, however, I somehow managed to read the book in just under two and a half hours.
"Kim" is a marvelous installment in a series I don't hesitate to recommend to friends and loved ones, and I eagerly await the next book.
April 5, 2021
It got better eventually.
So once Kim moves in with the RaChas the self hatred stops and it got much easier to read. The corruption in the Council and get more positive relationships are far more interesting than the initial 150 odd pages of "omg I'm so unlovable and awful cause I'm fat".
whilst there's still definitely issues that other reviewers have discussed re. "white coded kid learning about how bad it is for other people by being them for a short span of time" I did get more into this book once Kim stopped shitting on herself at every opportunity, and the general vibe became more about the Changers in general.
So once Kim moves in with the RaChas the self hatred stops and it got much easier to read. The corruption in the Council and get more positive relationships are far more interesting than the initial 150 odd pages of "omg I'm so unlovable and awful cause I'm fat".
whilst there's still definitely issues that other reviewers have discussed re. "white coded kid learning about how bad it is for other people by being them for a short span of time" I did get more into this book once Kim stopped shitting on herself at every opportunity, and the general vibe became more about the Changers in general.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 23, 2017
DNF on page 91 as the daughter of lesbians decides to out a trans man behind his back and then tell her brand-new friends not to tell him. Unacceptable, and even if they deal with it later, I don't want to hear that lecture, because that kid would've gotten it at home by the time she went to school.
Also, there ARE thin women without thigh gaps. I'm trying not to take it out on the writers but I feel like it's not just the character there. Kim is sooooo appalled to be in a fat body. Oh no! The worst, right?
Sigh.
Also, there ARE thin women without thigh gaps. I'm trying not to take it out on the writers but I feel like it's not just the character there. Kim is sooooo appalled to be in a fat body. Oh no! The worst, right?
Sigh.
July 14, 2018
Ich habe nichts zu meckern. Obwohl es super lange her ist, dass ich Teil 2 gelesen hatte und darum nicht mehr alles von der Geschichte wusste und manchmal kurz verwirrt war, habe ich jede Seite genossen. "Changes" ist einfach eine ganz tolle Geschichte, die viele Parallelen zur Wirklichkeit aufzeigt.
April 12, 2023
Why do these books make me so emotional? Why do I connect with them so much? I don’t know. But I do recognize that the dialogue is cringy and we didn’t the beginning we wanted after the ending of book 2. This book fat shamed me HARD and didn’t apologize. But alas, I loved the story.
June 21, 2017
LOVE THIS SERIES!!! Kim is actually realistic. Cant wait to see what happens next and what changer he will choose
April 16, 2019
Many issues stuffed into this book, some more elegantly than others but overall very enjoyable.
May 13, 2019
This series is consistently engaging and I can’t wait to read the last one.
October 29, 2020
Really good book, would recommend for teens.
June 9, 2024
Weiß wirklich nicht was ich zu den Büchern schreiben soll die sind so lala
October 8, 2016
Have I mentioned the plot holes? Yeah, ok. Moving on. After all the drama that happened in Book 2, this book was pretty tame. Yes, Kim has to deal with some fat-shaming and body image issues, but those don't get much emphasis in the story. Instead, this story seems to be mostly a gap-filler. Kim learns some things about how the Changer world really works, does a little rebelling, and ultimately comes back home ready to move on to senior year and whatever identity s/he will inhabit then
The authors are clearly trying to build up to a big show-down between the Changer establishment and those who seek to change it (and a proxy show-down between Ethan/Drew/Oryon/Kim and his/her father). Although there wasn't much substance in this book, I'll be looking for the next book to see how it all plays out, and ultimately which identity s/he chooses.
The authors are clearly trying to build up to a big show-down between the Changer establishment and those who seek to change it (and a proxy show-down between Ethan/Drew/Oryon/Kim and his/her father). Although there wasn't much substance in this book, I'll be looking for the next book to see how it all plays out, and ultimately which identity s/he chooses.
March 14, 2017
Poor Changer... You really don't have the easiest Personas.. But the world could lern so much from you all! Maybe a bit more transparens wouldn't hurt, but I'm still on the "Goverments" side... Anyways: Everybody read those god damn books!!!
Why is the fourth (and last! I'm crying already) not out yet!?
Why is the fourth (and last! I'm crying already) not out yet!?
March 6, 2017
Wonder how long I'll have to wait to see how this ends?
February 18, 2017
Kim deals with grief when her friend dies in her arms. When she was kidnapped as Oryon and thrown into a basement by Abiders, a race of humans that wants to kill all Changers, she was scarred for life by PTSD and grief. My favorite part of this book is when she goes to a Changer's rally. Showing who the Changers really are. Then Kim sees Audrey the person Drew, Oryon and Kim all love. This book is for people who like an action packed and fun read.
February 17, 2018
Content Note:
Als Drew erlebt d*ie Protagonist*in zum ersten Mal Alltagssexismus am eigenen Leib, das Buch thematisiert außerdem eine versuchte Vergewaltigung. Als Oryon sieht sich d*ie Protagonist*in zum ersten Mal Rassismus, den entsprechenden Mikro-Aggressionen und polizeilicher Gewalt ausgesetzt. Als Kim wird d*ie Protagonist*in Opfer von Fat Shaming und kämpft mit einer wachsenden Depression (aus anderen Gründen als ihrem Gewicht, wobei die Reaktionen anderer darauf durchaus Einfluss haben). Diverse Organisationen sind von Cissexismus und Heteronormativität gekennzeichnet.
Die Zusammenfassung bezieht sich auf die ersten drei Bände (ohne Spoiler). Die komplette Rezension findet ihr auf meinem Blog
Die Romane könnten kritischer und subversiver sein, das Material gibt das deutlich her. Ein bisschen was wird in diese Richtung auch gemacht und manch eine*r könnte hiermit zum Nachdenken angeregt werden. Außerdem überzeugen Humor und Hauptcharaktere der Reihe. Zu kritisieren hätte ich eigentlich viel, aber wenn ich einmal am Lesen bin, kann ich auch nicht mehr aufhören und bin mit Spaß bei der Sache. Sind die Bücher deswegen perfekt? Nein, aber sie haben doch deutlich mehr zu bieten als andere ihres Genres und wer mal wieder ein tolles Paar und eine Romanze zum Mitfiebern sucht, ist hier genau richtig.
Als Drew erlebt d*ie Protagonist*in zum ersten Mal Alltagssexismus am eigenen Leib, das Buch thematisiert außerdem eine versuchte Vergewaltigung. Als Oryon sieht sich d*ie Protagonist*in zum ersten Mal Rassismus, den entsprechenden Mikro-Aggressionen und polizeilicher Gewalt ausgesetzt. Als Kim wird d*ie Protagonist*in Opfer von Fat Shaming und kämpft mit einer wachsenden Depression (aus anderen Gründen als ihrem Gewicht, wobei die Reaktionen anderer darauf durchaus Einfluss haben). Diverse Organisationen sind von Cissexismus und Heteronormativität gekennzeichnet.
Die Zusammenfassung bezieht sich auf die ersten drei Bände (ohne Spoiler). Die komplette Rezension findet ihr auf meinem Blog
Die Romane könnten kritischer und subversiver sein, das Material gibt das deutlich her. Ein bisschen was wird in diese Richtung auch gemacht und manch eine*r könnte hiermit zum Nachdenken angeregt werden. Außerdem überzeugen Humor und Hauptcharaktere der Reihe. Zu kritisieren hätte ich eigentlich viel, aber wenn ich einmal am Lesen bin, kann ich auch nicht mehr aufhören und bin mit Spaß bei der Sache. Sind die Bücher deswegen perfekt? Nein, aber sie haben doch deutlich mehr zu bieten als andere ihres Genres und wer mal wieder ein tolles Paar und eine Romanze zum Mitfiebern sucht, ist hier genau richtig.
October 7, 2023
This book I liked even more than the first two. Because in this it felt like finally all the things that just kind of didn't matter to the changers (gender, sexuality) was explored a little more outside of changers-rules as well. Not perfectly or anything, I still have a lot of questions, but it isn't like I would expect anything to explore such topics perfectly, because I think that's pretty much impossible, and it was alright.
The book still had some strange moments but I liked it, liked most characters, liked how people started to become more themselves (or figure out who they were, that's probably more like it), liked that Kim was starting to slowly get away from the cult-like stuff from the changers, and… yeah. The other books were cool, but this one was still the best so far, and I felt like this was the one I could read easiest without thinking about if things should have been mentioned like that. Had a lot more fun this time. Still think there are some problems, but this time less than before, and there was a lot of stuff going on here, that wasn't romance. I like how it felt like people were starting to grow and live more for themselves and stuff.
The book still had some strange moments but I liked it, liked most characters, liked how people started to become more themselves (or figure out who they were, that's probably more like it), liked that Kim was starting to slowly get away from the cult-like stuff from the changers, and… yeah. The other books were cool, but this one was still the best so far, and I felt like this was the one I could read easiest without thinking about if things should have been mentioned like that. Had a lot more fun this time. Still think there are some problems, but this time less than before, and there was a lot of stuff going on here, that wasn't romance. I like how it felt like people were starting to grow and live more for themselves and stuff.
November 27, 2016
I won a copy of this book in a Goodreads giveaway.
This series is based on the unique concept of a select group of humans with the ability to change into a totally different person during each of the high school years. This book is the third of the changes with the new person version being a fat Asian-American girl. When I realized that was the premise, I wasn't expecting to enjoy it very much. Surprisingly, I found this to be a very entertaining book. The change character, Kim, is interesting and gutsy ... her internal dialogue is funny and insightful. Her friends/associates seen real as well.
All in all, I would say this is a book worth reading. I will keep my eye out for the previous two books in this series as well as look for the final change book.
This series is based on the unique concept of a select group of humans with the ability to change into a totally different person during each of the high school years. This book is the third of the changes with the new person version being a fat Asian-American girl. When I realized that was the premise, I wasn't expecting to enjoy it very much. Surprisingly, I found this to be a very entertaining book. The change character, Kim, is interesting and gutsy ... her internal dialogue is funny and insightful. Her friends/associates seen real as well.
All in all, I would say this is a book worth reading. I will keep my eye out for the previous two books in this series as well as look for the final change book.
November 28, 2016
I won a copy of this book.
While I hadn't read the first 2 books, I think I was okay following along with what happens in this book (who the characters are and their role...the world they live in). It was definitely an interesting book and I look forward to going back to read the previous two.
While I hadn't read the first 2 books, I think I was okay following along with what happens in this book (who the characters are and their role...the world they live in). It was definitely an interesting book and I look forward to going back to read the previous two.
January 15, 2023
I guess my only big problem with this series, is that I don't fully understand what's supposed to be so bad about the Council?
February 6, 2017
WOW! Amazing :D
November 26, 2020
10/10 I LOVE THIS BOOK JSJDBSVDBWJ
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