Sasha Masha

This is another book I enjoyed!!! It was a unique coming of age tell that gave me insight on how it is to be young and trans in a world that you feel like is against you. This book kept me interested from the beginning to end

Agnes Borinsky is such a gifted writer. Sasha Masha is a remarkably warm and engaging story about one young person\’s awakening. It will stay with me for a long time.

I was so excited to read this book, so being a part of the blog tour has been amazing. Knowing what this book was kind of about, I went into it with an open mind and an open heart. And this took me into a whirlwind of emotions. Alex in a way describes what depression could look like, can feel like, or better the lack of. But for him, it was different. It was something deeper, and it made me feel sad. It gave me an understanding of not knowing what or who you are. The mess that you feel is your life and how Alex just wanted to feel like a real person. Discovery is what this book was, it was also self-awareness and expectance. I gave this read a 4/5 star rating. I really enjoyed the emotional grasp this had on me as I was reading this book. Alex made me hurt as he went through his struggles and experimented on his journey. I could feel the loneliness he felt and the excitement he felt to have people that could understand him. Even the darkness that enveloped him when he started to feel whole only to feel lonelier and emptier. I would have liked to see what his parents took it but I also loved that it was left open to what we might think would happen. And I believe they would accept him and tried their best to help him in any way possible. I also would like to think that his mother had a bit of intuition and realized it only to give him the time he needed to say something. The book was so easy to read and I found myself invested in Alex, I also felt like the book was a quick read. The flow was quick and easy and I would not put the book down. I highly recommend it!

I always enjoy an LBGTQ story where the character has a supportive group of friends. It makes me happy that they have someone to lean on, especially if their family isn\’t understanding. I believe this is based on some real events the author went through, so I\’m even happier she had a good circle of people. This follows Alex, a high school student who joins an LGBTQ group and begins to realize that he\’s not comfortable in his body. He comes up with the name Sasha Masha and starts to explore who he truly is. One of the kids in his new group, Andre, takes Sasha under his wing. Sasha starts to come to terms with how she feels and eventually accepts that she is transgender. I liked this overall, Sasha is happy at the end and has good friends. I thought the story seemed a bit too light and didn\’t go into enough detail. Things seemed to happen quickly and I was hoping for more insight into Sasha Masha\’s feelings and transition. There is also a gay slur and though it\’s used by a gay man in a joking way, I didn\’t like it. The author narrated her own book which I liked because it made it even more an #ownvoices novel. I received this audiobook from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

(Disclaimer: I received this book from Netgalley. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.) Sasha Masha is a story about the discomfort we feel in our bodies. The ways that memories all of a sudden make sense. All the times we\’ve felt like we aren\’t being ourselves, but not knowing how to bridge that gap. How we cannot imagine a future for ourselves when the present feels so untenable. Sasha Masha is a story about self-discovery, gender and sexual identity, and friendship. To undo the lessons, norms, and rules of the world society imposes on us is no easy task. At the end of the day, to figure out the feelings we have had that separate us from these conventions, to unlearn them, to see a different possibility is even more difficult. When we are taught a language, to figure out the unspoken words, the vocabulary we don\’t know to describe how we feel can be daunting. Sasha Masha is a story about this journey. About the ways that a name does matter. To figure out the lines between what we think we want and what we want. There is power in the quest to find ourselves. The pieces of ourselves in the past we never recognized.

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