Paula’s Reviews > Stag Dance > Status Update

Torrey Peters way with words has me so bamboozled. They use a lot of occupation and region specific slang and expressions, - this takes your mind into the events being described - and yet still every sentence is filled to the brim with meaning and context, so it doesn't feel like it impacts my understanding of the story at all.

I just finished the story "stag party" yesterday, and even though the two stories before it made me feel a lot as well, somehow the character, "Babe", moved me to tears several times while reading. His/Her relationship with gender, the significance of the fabric triangle and how the main character yearns so so much for the social transformation it could bring.. the pain and struggle of not being seen the way you want