PositiveThe New York Times Book Review\"In a world predisposed to queer villainy, Dear Senthuran claims monstrosity as a space of intentional rejection ... Incrementally, the chapters inch closer and closer to a frightening reality ... Identity is an undeniable part of Emezi’s project, but the memoir strays far from a traditional story of diaspora or gender ...It was not written for you or for me; Emezi is not concerned with such earthly things. This is a book about terms, and the agency we can afford ourselves by doing away with them altogether. It is also an audacious sojourn through the terror and beauty of refusing to explain yourself in the relentless pursuit of self-actualization ... Emezi has spent pages showing us the strain of living in a world where we’re forced to decide between two choices, and find that neither will suffice. Only an alternate path will do.\
