Reading the hateful reviews makes me sick, let’s assume the writer IS transphobic, so what? So am I!!! That doesn’t mean that the trans people themselves are “bad”, but for me personally, I am disgusted by them, and that’s MY opinion. What ever happened to a writer’s freedom to write about whatever THEY want? I did not see any phrase in the book that really demeans transgenders. Get off your “sensitive butts” and acknowledge a good book when you see one.