Plausible Liars review by sylvie55555
Age Range - 12 and up
Genre - Fiction
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Age at time of review - 16
Reviewer's Location - Lexington, MA, United States
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Dr. Lindsey McCall is the head of the Animal Science Center at a college. She starts to get to know one of the students who is friends with her daughter's roommate and realizes he is in need of some help. Joey is a transgender male and has been having regrets about transitioning from female to male. But, because of pressure from a doctor on campus, he feels the need to continue his journey. When Lindsey learns about this, she decides that she will help Joey to make the right decision and keep himself safe. She meets with her friend Kate Townsend who is an investigative journalist. Kate wrote an article regarding a teacher putting pressure on a student to identify as transgender in her 3-year-old's preschool classroom and received a lot of backlash from transgender activists regarding it. At first, Dr. Lindsey is unsure whether it is her place to get further involved with Joey's situation, especially after hearing what Kate went through, but when she hears that Joey has suffered a health scare due to the testosterone medicine he is taking, she decides that she needs to. But when Dr.Lindsey gets charged with a hate crime and blamed for Joey's health, she becomes part of an outrageous courtroom case. Will Dr. Lindsey be able to prove herself innocent in the US Department of Justice?

Opinion: 

Overall, I really enjoyed reading this book. While this book was pretty long, I felt that it was a fast-paced read because it was such an eventful story. The storyline was very different than any book I have ever read, as I have not often seen books written about transgender politics. I really like how the author was able to write a fictional mystery book that still included factual aspects about this issue. I enjoyed getting to know the characters such as Joey, Dr. Lindsey, and Joey's friend Morgan. It was nice to see Morgan's unconditional friendship and support towards Joey, and Joey's perseverance and strength.  Another specific thing I enjoyed about this book was how it was written from the perspective of multiple characters, focusing on Dr. Lindsey and Joey. This gives the reader an inside look into more of the characters and gives more perspective on the story as it was happening.  The storyline of this book was very thought-provoking, and I felt I got to learn about issues which are not often discussed, such as trans-regret.  I also think this book gives readers perspective on how extreme court cases surrounding these issues can be, such as when the SWAT team of FBI agents came to arrest Dr.Lindsey during the night. Overall, I highly recommend this book to readers!

 

Rating:
5
Content Rating:

Content rating - religious perspective

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This book contains mature content and a religious perspective.
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