Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz

Do you ever read a book and know that it's not for you, but that it's for somebody?  Lizard Radio was that book for me. In a future world that seems kind of crappy, gender roles are super important. You're tested early and if your gender doesn't align with your biological sex, you are strongly encouraged to transition. But there are some people who are in the middle, like our heroine.

This tells her story.

And I wish I cared. I felt like she was flat as a character and that the author was trying to world build so hard that I just wasn't invested in what happened to our character (whose name I can't even remember despite the fact that I finished this book only three days ago - I think that says something). And YET! Yet! I still don't think the world is even that well developed. Schmatz tried to do too much and sort of ended up doing everything poorly.

But, I could see how if someone is genderfluid/genderqueer, this book could really resonate with them.  There aren't a ton of popular press books that delve into these sorts of topics in any great detail and I could see someone latching on to this as a way to show that they have a place.

So there you have it. I don't know exactly what I'm trying to say here. I don't love this book, but I bet there are people out there who do.