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Choir Boy

door Charlie Jane Anders

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As his home life deteriorates, twelve-year-old Berry decides to remain a choir boy forever and, after trying to perform surgery on himself, obtains testosterone-inhibiting drugs from a clinic, leading to huge, unexpected consequences.
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Berry wants to remain a choirboy forever, but his voice is near to changing. After a failed attempt to solve the problem with some impulsive self-surgery, he learns about drugs. But in order to get the drugs, he has to say he wants to be a girl. So he ends up with drugs that save his voice, but also give him breasts.I had trouble getting into this book at first, because it was all about choirs and choirboys, and well, that was not interesting me. But I picked the book up again and got to the part that interested me more.This definitely isn't the feelgood read of Luna or Parrotfish, because there's lots of abuse, and crazy adults. In some ways, it's like an episode of South Park, where the adults are doing weird and stupid things, and being in general, clueless.On the plus side, Berry is confused. That is, he's not the standard 'I was born a girl' character. His main goal is to remain a choirboy for longer, and then he gets to try out being a girl and thinks maybe that's not so bad after all. Maybe he does want to be a girl. Or maybe he doesn't. It shows a character who doesn't fit into the slots people are trying to put him into.One thing that does bug me by the end of it all, is that no one ever pointed out to him that he can't remain a choirboy forever. If he takes female hormones, he'll grow up to have a female voice. If he doesn't, he'll grow up to have a male voice. If he takes the castrati route, he'll have the voice of a castrato. None of those is the same as a boy's voice. Are there drugs that let you stay a boy and not mature at all? I'm not sure. I know there's at least one rare medical condition. But castration, chemical or otherwise, is not the way to do it.In the end, I'm going to call this a tragicomic novel. ( )
  Jellyn | Jan 27, 2010 |
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