Este libro es muy macabro.
No puedo evitar compararlo con Género queer (que es una novela gráfica sobre una persona trans) y la gran diferencia en cómo se trata el tema hace mucho.
No, este libro no deberÃa enseñarse en colegios, los términos que usa constantemente son tránsfobos y obsoletos, no para de referirse a él mismo con el género incorrecto, y entiendo el incluir su deadname para marcar ese cambio de nombre pero... maneras y maneras.
Encima el libro es machista, es queerfobo, tiene muchos detalles que para nada deberÃan atribuirse a la realidad trans.
Se centra excesivamente en los cambios corporales (y nada más) que el género no es el cuerpo, por favor, ya basta (y encima lo muestra de un modo muy macabro, es que es angustioso).
Entiendo que la historia es un relato real de un chico trans, pero la manera de plasmarlo no creo que haya sido la más acertada.
Literal me acabé la novela gráfica y dije: los autores son cis.
Hay muchos comentarios en las reseñas de este libro que merece la pena leer (sobretodo de personas trans, a quien deberÃamos escuchar para valorar si realmente estas novelas son adecuadas o no: es un libro de gente cis para gente cis)
Si queréis una novela gráfica sobre una persona trans leeos Género Queer, no esta por favor. Appelez-moi Nathan In het nieuwste boek van de Querido Glow imprint staat een transgender persoon centraal. De graphic novel Noem me Nathan vertelt het verhaal van een jongen en een reis naar je echte identiteit.
(!!) Voordat je deze bespreking, of het boek, gaat lezen wil ik je wel even op een aantal trigger warnings wijzen: zelfbeschadiging, genderdysforie, bloed, pesten en een operatie zijn op een expliciete wijze onderdeel van dit verhaal.
Lees verder op Books & Macchiatos ! 2228921629 I was disappointed to find that this was not an #OwnVoices work of nonfiction but rather a fiction that the author assures us it is in part based on the true story of the child of a person she knows. The gender identities of the author and artist are not stated, but the publisher stresses that the translator of this edition is nonbinary for the value they perceive that adds.
There were some interesting moments throughout, but the story didn't really gel for me, being maybe a bit too episodic, quick, and/or neat and tidy. It's not bad per se, but I've just read so many better books on the subject lately.
Trigger warnings: There is a lot of transphobia with typical high school bully sorts, but several scenes are given over to the visible horror of the family members failing to cope immediately with Nathan's transition. There is some self-harm, and imagery related to gender affirmation surgeries gets very graphic and gory as if intending to emphasize that mutilation is occurring. So that's all rough reading. Appelez-moi Nathan I bought this book thinking that it was a memoir, and then realized it wasn’t when reading the author’s preface. It feels kind of weird to have someone write about the trans experience in such a personal way without having experienced it, even if the story is based on an account they heard about from a trans teen. I’m not saying that cis authors can’t write trans characters, but I don’t know if they show be writing them from the first person in a coming of age tale.
It was fine, as a book: competently written and drawn, but the more I think about it, the more I really don’t like the cover art: it feels kind of exploitive to have a drawing of a trans man who hated their breasts in the story removing their shirt and exposing their chest. Maybe it’s supposed to be a visual metaphor, but it doesn’t work for me. French Nathan is growing up, middle school and then high school age. But everyone thinks he's a girl, and his body does girl things, like grow breasts. This is extremely troubling for him. So, along with the usual problems of navigating his teen years, he has to figure out how to deal with this. The language of the book is simple, but the ideas and feelings are complex and intense. The art is beautiful; mostly, it's not overly detailed, but the people are beautiful, and there are several panels that reminded me of the wonderful illustrations in Madeline (which is the name of Nathan's mother).
I'm surprised to see all the negative reviews. I assume the story was similar to the author's friend's story, and I doubt she added any of the more extreme stuff. Yes, teenagers are noncommunicative and otherwise horrible to their parents, and they get into uncomfortable situations and fights, and they cut. Yes, parents and other people can be less than enthusiastically accepting of a trans kid. Some elements of the book might be cultural differences too; France is different from the US. Also, the main character was accepted by both male and female groups of friends, and didn't seem to have trouble getting girlfriends. More power to him!
Addendum: I gave this to my partner (a trans man) just to look at, as the cover and other depictions of Nathan reminded me of him (but 50 years younger). He read the whole book and loved it, and very much identified with it. (Not the discovering he was trans or coming out parts, as that wasn't happening that long ago.) So for the reviewers who say this isn't realistic...maybe so, maybe not, but some of it is, for some people. Catherine Castro
Het is eigenlijk redelijk moeilijk om dit te beoordelen omdat ik nu eenmaal niet zoveel kennis heb over transgenders. Maar, ik vond het wel mooi verteld en naar voren gebracht.
Een waarschuwing: er zijn veel expliciete illustraties zoals zelfverwonding en afgesneden lichaamsonderdelen. Dus misschien niet ideaal voor de gevoelige maag. Verder vind ik het wel prachtig geïllustreerd, een mooie tekenstijl! Catherine Castro j'ai vraiment ressenti ce roman graphique comme un coup de poing. je trouve ça absolument génial que l'histoire d'un garçon transgenre soit dite dans ce format, je trouve ça nettement plus pertinent, les graphismes de certains scènes sont à couper le souffle. il est important de montrer aux adolescents, et même aux enfants, que non, il n'y a rien de mal ou d'anormal à ne pas se sentir soi dans son corps. et je pense qu'il est important de commencer tôt, parce que je ne souhaite à personne de passer les premières années de sa vie, parfois 1/4 ou même la moitié, dans un corps qui ressemble plus à prison qu'autre chose. (4.5) Paperback ¡Qué maravilla de libro y qué pena me da que no sea todo lo conocido que se merece!
Es una novela gráfica con contenido muy sensible y duro, pero totalmente necesaria e impactante, ya que aunque toda ayuda es poca para visibilizar al colectivo trans, sin duda este libro va a ayudar a cada persona que se anime a leerlo.
Esta novela vamos a ver como Lila, a sus 12 años, se da cuenta de que su cuerpo no representa lo que realmente siente. Odia esos pechos que le están creciendo, y ahora más que nunca confirma que siempre se ha sentido chico y que ha nacido en un cuerpo equivocado, pero que es un chico. En esta historia vamos a ver como se lo toma su familia, sus amigos, su entorno y en sà la sociedad. Lo duro que es para él, y como a sus 16 años comienza da un paso adelante y empieza a corregir el error genético y ser al 100% Nathan. Veremos su proceso, tanto mental como fÃsicamente y lo duro que es, pero lo mucho que merece la pena para su felicidad.
A mà personalmente me ha encantando y no me cansaré de recomendarla. Appelez-moi Nathan Translated from French, this graphic novel tells of a young man struggling with the wrong puberty, being teased at school about his sexuality and gender, and coming out as a trans man. It contains short scenes from the POV of all his immediate family members that tripped me up a little because there's no obvious divide to mark when they begin or end. But overall I enjoyed this story of a young person finding himself and gaining comfort and freedom in his own body and life. Appelez-moi Nathan A book by and for cis people. I'm trans and I hated it. It was just completely voyeuristic, disgusting and extremely violent to read. I know the og story is a testimony from a trans boy, but as another trans boy, it was awful to read. It exists only to make cis people believe they did a ~good thing~ by reading this book but clearly, that's not it. It's not a book for trans people, and since we're supposed to be the ones concerned by it... No. Simply, it's a big no. 2228921629
Nathan est né Lila, dans un corps de fille. Un corps qui ne lui a jamais convenu, il décide alors de corriger cette « erreur génétique » avec le soutien indéfectible de sa famille, ses amis, ses profs et, à seize ans, des injections de testostérone de 0,8 mg par jour. Quitte à devenir quelqu'un, autant que ce soit vous-même. Appelez-moi Nathan
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