I appreciated how much I learnt about gender fluidity and I’m glad that this book is out there in the world. Most of the information was presented in the blog posts that Riley shared online and these felt separate and distinct enough from the plot and story that they never interfered with the flow of the book. Despite having a large amount of information, this book never felt info-dumpy.
The book also highlights how often gender fluid and transexual individuals are assaulted and how rarely these incidents are reported. It provided a lot of great information about what it’s like to live as a gender fluid individual, including all the struggles they face due to others misunderstanding them. I thought this novel was very informative and it was evident how much research had gone into this book. This novel features a gender fluid character and the struggles that come with coming out as a gender fluid individual, especially when nobody understands what it means or what it’s like to continually switch between identifying as a male and a female. The issue that Symptoms of Being Human tackles is something I’ve never read before. Riley must make a choice: walk away from what the blog has created-a lifeline, new friends, a cause to believe in-or stand up, come out, and risk everything. But just as Riley’s starting to settle in at school-even developing feelings for a mysterious outcast-the blog goes viral, and an unnamed commenter discovers Riley’s real identity, threatening exposure. On the advice of a therapist, Riley starts an anonymous blog to vent those pent-up feelings and tell the truth of what it’s REALLY like to be a gender-fluid teenager. And between starting a new school and having a congressman father running for reelection in uber-conservative Orange County, the pressure-media and otherwise-is building up in Riley’s so-called “normal” life. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl. Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock. The first thing you’re going to want to know about me is: Am I a boy, or am I a girl? Genres: Contemporary, LGBT, Romance, Young Adult Published by Balzer + Bray on February 2nd 2016
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