Felix Ever After

DNF - PG 21

Okay, this was quick. Look, I already hated Felix in short order. I mean, his grand introduction is getting into an argument that seems to stem from past issues that we have no knowledge about, and I don't automatically assume that the protagonist is in the right.

Then, Felix is so concerned about getting into a good college (Brown, specifically) - but he still stays up until three am every morning and smokes weed. Yeah, really concerned.

I also know that top surgery isn't exactly cheep and that most insurance companies don't pay for it - so I was already wondering about the dichotomy between Felix being able to get top surgery and having to go into debt - or get a scholarship - to afford college before I met his dad. But after? There's no way this man, who dead names Felix, uses the wrong pronouns and does not correct himself.

Felix's dad also ‘[...]some nights, when he's had a little too much whiskey or beer, he'll tell me that I'll always be his daughter, his little girl.' ... This father payed for FTM top surgery? Really? The man who ‘still has a hard time saying my name' and ‘doesn't like saying the name Felix out loud'? This man? (There's a review here that breaks the price and the horrifying implications of finding a doctor that would complete top surgery on a minor down: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3531946150?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1)

I just... No. Cannot suspend disbelief thanks to the terrible person I'm stuck in the head of.