You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Scan barcode
A review by silberfederling
Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass
5.0
First things first: I really loved this book.
Technically it might not have been for my age group but I wish I could have read something like this when I was a lot younger.
Ana on the Edge is a great story about Ana who just gets to know themself. And the title of the book just fits. In more than one way. Ana really is on the Edge.
The book is definitly a good and real portray of a trans character. It also describes the aspect of dysphoria regarding to how other people see onself really accurate (at least I could relate to it in some way).
The story itself is well written and easy to read and understand. If you're not familar with ice skating terms you might have to reaserch what a solchow might be, but not exactly knowing what this is does not hinder the reading experience and you can always imagine how exactly the performances on ice look or might look. Furthermore the book is a typical "growing up a bit more"-story. Of a child learning more about themself, about how friendship works and that sometimes you have to say sorry for your mistakes.
The Characters felt all like real people and not just characters that exist because you need characters to progress/tell a story. The Cast of the story is relatively small, but this might be the reason why all of those characters seem like they're a whole person.
Some spoilers for the overall feeling of the story and the ending:
Technically it might not have been for my age group but I wish I could have read something like this when I was a lot younger.
Ana on the Edge is a great story about Ana who just gets to know themself. And the title of the book just fits. In more than one way. Ana really is on the Edge.
The book is definitly a good and real portray of a trans character. It also describes the aspect of dysphoria regarding to how other people see onself really accurate (at least I could relate to it in some way).
The story itself is well written and easy to read and understand. If you're not familar with ice skating terms you might have to reaserch what a solchow might be, but not exactly knowing what this is does not hinder the reading experience and you can always imagine how exactly the performances on ice look or might look. Furthermore the book is a typical "growing up a bit more"-story. Of a child learning more about themself, about how friendship works and that sometimes you have to say sorry for your mistakes.
The Characters felt all like real people and not just characters that exist because you need characters to progress/tell a story. The Cast of the story is relatively small, but this might be the reason why all of those characters seem like they're a whole person.
Some spoilers for the overall feeling of the story and the ending: