Helpful Score: 4
It's an sad story about a lot of very confused people. I read it through because I am always trying to find reasons for things that happen for no reason. I did learn some things about how some people outside the media will use something like this to distort things to their own purpose though, and that sickened me more than anything.
Helpful Score: 4
This book is unbelievable. It really is a sad story about a girl that only wanted to be accepted. I couldn't put this book down, even after I was done reading it.
Helpful Score: 2
Living as a man, twenty-one-year-old Teena brandon was living as a man. She was on the run from her family and the law for forging checks. Handsome and sophisticated, Brandon was an instant success, with young women. But, when Brandon started to date a beautiful girl named lana tisdel, her luck ran out. On Christmas Eve, Brandon's true sexual identity was reveiled. on New Year's Eve, Brandon, her roommate, and a friend were found shot to death in an isolated farmhouse. Many teenagers in America are bodly experimenting with gender identity, and Teena Brandon and her friends paid a terrible price for sexual freedom. This is a compelling story from start to finish. It is very controversial. It made me feel for all who were involved.
Helpful Score: 2
Living as a man, handsome/sophisticated Teena Brandon's luck runs out when her true sexual identity is unmasked, resulting in a New Year's Eve triple murder. True crime.
Helpful Score: 2
THIS STORY IS THE ONE OF TEENA BRANDON AND THE PRICE THAT WAS PAID FOR SEXUAL FREEDOM. THIS IS THE STORY OF LOVE BOTH FOR THE STRAIGHT AND GAY MURDER LOVER!!!
I saw the movie first which I believe was my first mistake. I had trouble staying focused on the book.
This was a great book that told an the in depth story of Brandon Teena. Aphrodite Jones is a great true crime author.
