Status Updates From Invisible Monsters

Idk if I’m going to finish this book. Took was too long to get to any answers, but maybe one day I’ll finish it. I’m so close to the end though hahah oops

is the end message letting people be exactly what they want, even if that is not their truth ? is it that being honest with yourself is about recognizing your a product ? anyway i really relate to the whole “i started over and just ended up back in the same cycle of lying to myself” thing. i relate to how it was broken. who you were isn’t who you are, and you have to move forward with who you are now.

this book handles trans identity well ! call me crazy ! most of the book is written from the main characters coincided pov, but it feels like the author intentionally added some things to this last chapter to thwart it reflecting transphobic narrative. like he clarifies it wasn’t someone forcing brandy into this identity, and that to be a woman isn’t to have certain surgeries, but to be one internally.

holy shit this book! when i was reading reviews and everyone said it was full of crazy reveals and page turning sequences i was nervous that it would be a cheap thrill type. but i honesty feel like it puts in the work. the reveals aren’t sloppy or just for gags, it seems like every one is intentional and hidden until just the right moment/metaphor.