I was a little stumped for what to read for the Book Riot Read Harder prompt to read a memoir by a trans or nonbinary author until I remembered that I already had picked up Jonathan Van Ness' book a couple years ago. And a signed copy at that! ⛸️ Over the Top is so authentically JVN that you can literally hear their voice as you read it. Jonathan gives us a peek into their childhood trauma and some of the trials they went thru in their early twenties. They're more than just a perky ice skating & gymnastics obsessed hair stylist and host. I will admit there were parts of the book that had me rubbing my head in confusion like the inclusion of their 6th grade report on the Clinton scandal. ⛸️ Overall I really did enjoy Over the Top. I found JVN's voice refreshing and their vulnerability moving. Plus I loved hearing about the process of being cast on Queer Eye. I totally binged the latest season over the last couple of days cause life had been so busy I hadn't gotten around to watching. *Note JVN's pronouns are he/she/they but I chose to use they in this review. 3.75/5 ⛸️ #Memoir #MemoirByaNonBinaryAuthor #BookRiotReadHarder2022 #OverTheTop #JVN #QueerEye #signedcopy #QueerAuthors #YasQueen #nerdymamabooks #DiverseBookstagrammersRead #booknerd #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CcJksvJLc6Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
