Thank you @librofm for the gifted audio ALC of this book, I really enjoyed my listening experience 🫶🏻

I read “Bad Habit” in May, and I overall enjoyed the read. The book follows Álex, a trans woman, throughout her youth and adolescence as she slowly, messily, and painfully comes into her identity as a trans woman. Set against the backdrop of Madrid in the 80s and 90s where the heroine epidemic rages, especially in poor, working class neighborhoods like the one Álex grew up in. 

I enjoyed the writing and the overall premise of the book. Even though this was a truly heartbreaking read at times (check those trigger warnings, y’all) I loved watching Álex grow confident in her trans identity through the companionship of queer elders, sex workers, and other allied community members. 

This book is a true love story to queer communities and so beautifully explores the intimate and sacred experience of queer youth finding comfort in those who have come before us. It’s a story that reminds me, in the face of so much hatred towards our community, that we are resilient and powerful. 

Queer people will always exist, trans people will always exist. Even when they try to shame us, to kills us, to silence us, we will continue to be here. A beautiful ode to our persistence, “Bad Habit” is a intricately woven story that is, as the back cover copy of the book says, “gentle and blistering.”