Tears in the Water Margherita Scialla
Tears in the Water is one of the books I read for the Trans Rights Readathon and I really enjoyed it. The book takes place in a college that prepares young adults for playing in professional sports. The main character, Alex, swims – along with their best friend. The guy they fall for plays volleyball.
I loved the various representations across the friend group: transgender, pansexual, non-binary, lesbian, aromantic and more.
There are various content and trigger warnings in the front of the book which I really appreciated.
Alex is someone I could relate to, even without the same questions about gender. I struggle with anxiety and depression and I’m not straight.
The book ends with the idea that there might be a sequel and I would definitely read one!
Glad to hear you could relate with the main character and enjoy the story!
I haven’t heard of this one, but it sounds amazing. Putting it on my TBR!
Is this a graphic novel? It sounds great, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Karen @For What It’s Worth
It’s always nice to be able to relate to characters. I love the seimming angle, and v- ball also.
I like being able to relate to a character in what I’m reading — I don’t think I’ve read a book with trigger warnings yet but it’s good that they’re adding those more now!
This one is new to me, but sounds like it could be a good one!
Glad you enjoyed this books so much. It is great when we can relate to the main character in a book. For me it usually small character traits that help me relate to them (or large character traits too). 🙂 Thanks for sharing. I am going to recommend this to a friend’s child who could relate to this book on many levels.