Maryka Lier

Hilarious, Warm-hearted, Irreverent

Revisado: 01-01-21

A wonderful listen and loved hearing it in Michelle’s voice. If you love her stand-up comedy, you’ll love hearing her in this medium. She’s is amazing in the wacky, funny moments and shines in the personal, vulnerable moments. I laughed, I cried, I renewed my commitment to flossing.

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A beautiful queer coming of age story

Revisado: 05-14-18

Loved this book and loved Lin-Manuel Miranda’s narration. The story is so kind and loving to its characters. There is struggle and hurt, but it is not a gay story that over-traumatizes it’s characters. Sometimes we need stories that mirror reality; some times we need stories that are a window to how we want things that be. This book is a little of both, a window and a reflection of what family love and support can look like, especially for Mexican-American families in Texas. I also appreciate the different dimensions of sexual orientation and sexual awakening they allowed their characters to express.

I thought LMM’s narration was near perfect. His boyish voice captured the teen angst and excitement perfectly. Now, there may be some accent issues with a Puertorican guy from the Bronx voicing a Mexican kid from Texas, but I gotta cop to the fact that my Anglo ear did not pick them up. There were some times where the back and forth dialogue made it hard to tell who was talking since the voices of the characters weren’t hugely differentiated. However, that did not keep me from absolutely loving this audiobook.

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A wonderful new take on a coming-of-age/coming-out story

Revisado: 05-01-18

I loved Danny the main character. She is wonderfully drawn by the author. I think the book is great balance of superhero action and teen introspection. Her experiences of coming out as trans, the excitement and the hurt, the family that shuns her and the family she begins to create, all feel true to the experience of many trans kids. I do wish there was a cathartic shouting match with her father where she really got to tell him off. But we don’t always get that release :) It would also be interesting to dig deeper into the conflict between Greywitch and Danny, maybe offer the counter argument from another superfeminist. All the conflict Danny faces is real and the hateful things said come from reality. However, it’d be cool to see some nuance or depth explored so the characters weren’t so black and white or that showed growth... maybe the parents will get woke in the next few books and their can be reconciliation :) The superhero world that April Daniels creates is interesting and more superhuman than hero. I love the special powers economy she creates!

My only criticism is the narrator. Most of her voice work is great. However, it drives me crazy when people fall back on Southern accents when voicing people who are dumb/poor/mean. The story is set in Washington State near Seattle. Why would there be Southern accents?! Please adjust for next book!

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