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haven't read Super Late Bloomer, so this was my first time reading Julia Kaye's comics, But this book can be easily read as a standalone, and I really enjoyed it,

One of my favourite comics in this collection was the one where a little kid completely accepts and validates Julia as a woman, It just radiated joy. Overall, I liked how balanced this collection was there's so much trans joy, but also difficult issues, like the comic about her grandmother who she's not out to, As someone who's not out to their grandparents either, that one really hit home, Another comic that really spoke to me was about how after coming out as trans, you start to change as a person because you can finally be honest about who you are.


Overall, I think it's so impressive how Julia Kaye was able to convey so many of the joys and complexities of being trans in threepanel comics,

CWs: sexual assault groping in a club, gender dysphoria, mentions of misgendering, estrangement from parents/family Since reading Super Late Bloomer, I have come out as genderqueer.
While I don't really use trans as a label for myself, I do very much identify with the struggles and the processes that come with maneuvering gender after realizing that maybe you don't identify with what you were assigned.
I so appreciate artists like Julia Kaye who put their stories out there for the rest of us so we know we aren't alone in our experiences and feelings.
This is a collection of short sliceoflife comic strips that are quiet, sweet, sad, amp funny, It's a sequel of sorts to Julia's first collection, but you can definitely read it on its own,

I think this book is lovely and so valuable, It shows that anxiety and dysphoria dont just go away after early transition, but also that they can get a lot better, I think a lot of people will find it both relatable and uplifting, It's also nice that it's not just about being trans like the first volume mostly was, but also about love, heartbreak, etc,

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC! It's out now, I enjoyed the original Super Late Bloomer book by Julia Kaye about her life when she first came out as trans, so I already knew I would like this one too.
I ended up enjoying it even more than the first book, The comic strips work as a diary with snapshots of her life, both ups and downs, It's a very personal and honest look at her life through new relationships, breakups, friendships, gender dysphoria and gender euphoria, I highly recommend reading anything by Kaye, but especially this book,

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I was so happy to pick up a copy of Super Late Bloomer at FlameConand My Life in Transition is an excellent followup.
It's a very well done slice of life that makes the most of apanel structure, while showing the ups and downs of not only queer life, but of coming into one's own self.
There's a wonderful balance of humor and deeply touching personal moments that really resonate for me as a trans person, but also express it in a way that most readers could understand.
It's very rewarding to read Julia's work because it always feels like she is challenging herself to be vulnerable, and you feel like you are getting to know the author.
While I am maybe not the main target audience for this collection, as I am not a member of the LGBTQ community, I found it to be utterly relatable in so many ways.
I think

anyone could and should read this and find some aspect of Julia's life to relate to or maybe take solace in,

Julia deals with a lot in the sixth months that this collection covers: the loss of a relationship, figuring out what exactly she wants in a relationship/partner in the future, trying out different types of relationships, dealing with a lack of support or acceptance from her family, realizing how much support she does have in her life to somewhat offset that, etc.
Most of her struggles are simply "people" strugglesthings that many people across all walks of life face, which is what makes her a relatable person, While the dysphoria that she faced is not something I have experienced, I did appreciate seeing such a raw and honest portrayal of it and how it came up in her everyday life.
I can't presume to have a true understanding of what Julia has gone through in her life, especially during the early stages of her transition, but I'm thankful for the chance to read her story.


One of my favorite strips was on, . . I think page. Julia visits a friend's family for Passover instead of her own family, and this granny says something along the lines of, "Julie should sit by me, She's so cute!" I don't have the book at hand, I just felt like that was one of the most validating strips in the whole collection, and it was really cute, Have you ever been so lucky to find yourself a new favorite author I feel likeis just filled with amazing gems that Im utterly grateful,

This is the second graphic novel I read by the author and I totally love the way she draws her daily life, since I think we all can relate to funny, wholehearted moments with friends, as well as the loss and grief of someone loved, perhaps you dont know what are you doing with your life, but thats OK.
The beauty of life is that nobody really knows what the future would hold and pretending to have it all figured it all is more painful than not, We have both good and bad moments, and we should cherish them all, Life should not be taken for granted and we all should make the effort to live the way we really want to,

Anyway, Julia takes us into her private life and she show us her doubts and struggles with dating, or the exciting feeling of meeting new people, She lets us know she has the best friends as well as the important moments of solitude: those we need to heal from past relationships and maybe, even learn how to take care and forgive oneself.


I seriously loved every single page and it made me chuckle the same way it made me realize that perhaps we dont see big changes from day to day life, but after six months, a year or more, we surely change hopefully into someone better, kinder.


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I was so happy to see more of Julia Kaye's autobiographical comics were being published in book form, She has such a way with getting so much across in three panels, This latest collection coversmonths of her life we see her her growth over those months in such a poignant, heartfelt way, Highly recommended. And I hope there's more coming! Julie Kaye is doing something very hard, baring her soul for all to see, as she goes through transitioning to a new life, losing a love, trying to date new people.


Like all sequential art memoirs, there are a lot of sad things, things that one wouldn't want to talk about, and yet she bares all,

It is hard to bare your soul every time you draw a comic strip, This continues her story, past the coming out, and getting estrogen To being misgendered, and standing up to people to let them know that,

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review, RATING:.STARS

I picked up this book from the library and am glad I did, My Life in Transition is based on Kaye's memoiresque comic series, There is a book before this that discusses pre transitioning, and this one focuses on Kaye transition, We see her dealing with body dysmorphia, dating, and life in general, While the illustrations were not a favourite, but I did enjoy the stories, My Life in Transition is a collection of short biographical comics strips, with three panels covering each day over the course of roughly half a year,
Julia Kaye chronicles the way she feels each day, mostly in relation to her experiences as a trans woman who started transition three years ago,
Topics feature dating and relationships, family, transition, dysphoria, as well as healing, grief and forgiveness,
The art style is simple and effective, I have not read any of the author's other works, and I sometimes struggled with the context of the comics and who was who, as characters generally weren't really introduced which makes sense, as these seem to have sprung from a sort of diary in comic form.
Since the style was so simple, a lot of the characters also looked very similar, which additionally made me mix them up, This was however not detrimental to getting the point each comic was trying to get across,

I received an ARC and reviewed honestly and voluntarily, .stars. Kaye's books just bring so much joy to my life, Thanks to Andrews McMeel Publishing and Julia for sending me an early copy of the book,

Reading Julia's work is like being invited on a hike, You take part in the uphills and downhills, the plodding slogs, survey the terrain, manage fears of losing your way, weather storms, Most of all you expand your world, and take in the beauty of a new landscape with Julia as your guide, It's not often that you are invited into a stranger's life so intimately, from the daily work grind to the foibles of dating to struggles with ignorant family members, and the digestiblepanel format is a big plus for readers of all ages.
In her first book and now her second, Julia chooses not to shy away from either the mundane or the devastating, and importantly takes time to breathe and remind herself to appreciate the journey as well.
This second volume also does a great job of continuing the work begun in volume one, showing readers especially trans readers the value of continuing to put one foot in front of the other.
There's something important to be learned from every human experience, and it is a particular joy to share in the author's personal queer and trans experiences, Thanks for letting us come on this journey with you Julia! I really love the idea of documenting your life in a daily comic strip so I really appreciated how to story was linear and we really get to learn the details of one's life through transition.
We got to witness the highs and lows of her life, and it felt like we were on her journey with her,
I really enjoyed this, Kaye captures so many ordinary moments so effortlessly! Really loved the blend of moments of trans and queer joy as well as the moments of struggle and heartache, Felt very real. I read this in one sitting, Very enjoyable daily comics about Julia's life and relationships, including her relationship with herself,

Content notes: one depiction of a needle, Discussion of dysphoria and transphobia, This is a wonderful and honest comic strip depictingmonths in the life of the author/artist, a trans woman, It will be relatable for those who have transitioned or are thinking of it, but it's also relatable just as a human dealing with insecurities, breakups, grief, toxic family members, friendships, etc.
It is not a funny comic strip but it's an ultimately hopeful, poignant, interesting and impactful one, Highly recommended.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book via Net Galley for review, Graphic novels and comics aren't usually my cup of tea, but I couldn't resist this one, and I'm glad I didn't, I love everything about it, Julia Kaye has a really impressive way of showing nuance in a series ofpanel cartoon strips she doesn't even need words to make you feel things, I've not read the first one, but even without that context I really appreciated how this book covered her life after she was already several years into her transition it showed a different side to the transition narrative we usually get, in which an individual's transition is often portrayed as the natural conclusion to their life's greatest journey, and so on and so forth.
Even though her gender is a huge part of her identity, Julia's life isn't magically perfect just because she's overcome that initial hurdle and has reached a point at which she's living happily as a trans woman and is almost always gendered as female.
She still has to get through breakups, men being men, work pressures, friendships, the works, It made her feel a lot more authentic and threedimensional as a protagonist and author,

That said, she also very clearly shows how her transition will always be a tangible part of her life through the hardship of misgendering, the trauma of her own family rejecting her, the constant worries about whether she's performing femininity 'enough' or 'correctly'.
I think these were my favourite panels, when Julia writes about how, as a trans woman, the pressure to perform a certain type of femininity in order to almost justify being trans can be a roadblock to authenticity.
She feels a constant guilt over not doing enough her phrase, not mine to avoid misgendering, whilst being objectively aware that it's absolutely not her fault at all, and that the general gendered aspects of the society she lives in are to blame.
It was an interesting aspect that, as a cis woman, I've never had to consider I can wear trousers or a baggy jumper without getting misgendered, for example, and it was illuminating to be forced to confront the inherent privilege of that.


Literally the only thing I would nitpick over is that it only coveredmonths of her life and I would have liked to live alongside her longer.
That's it. Oh, and sometimes the art style made people difficult to differentiate, particular her first girlfriend and her therapist, They looked very similar and it could be jarring, Still, there are limits to black and white cartoons, so that's really more of an issue of medium for me than anything else,

Now I have to pick up the first one,