Book Review: "Crosshairs" By Catherine Hernandez

Powerful! Dynamic! Diverse! Hopeful! Challenging popular and public opinion while placing social acceptance at the forefront for discussion.

It's no secret that life as a queer, transsexual, LGBTQ, or anyone frankly that's different from the norm is facing mounting prejudices, forced injustices, and horrific social inequality.
What we need to do is open our minds, our hearts, and our souls to understand and be willing to change not only our views, long held beliefs, myths, and misconceptions but also generational ignorance.

This dystopian novel covers so much ground that I couldn't possibly give it justice. Catherine Hernandez has created a fictional piece that transverses boundaries, squashes promising ideals, and brings hope to the world in her many beautiful coats of many colors.

We are one race the human race and it's a breath of fresh air to come across a piece that creates a thoughtful reflection upon completion.

This is one such book that hits on many tough topics that are not for the faint of heart but in the end you may become less judgmental and more accountable of one's actions for it.
"In history the most preposterous ideas are usually the ones that work the best."

Forced sterilization, classifying blacks or colored using derogatory and racist names ie. 'N' word, drag queens, poc forced into concentration camps, protesters, and so much more in eliciting powerful emotions with strong underlying dynamics in producing much needed dialogue in the beautiful Canadian setting.

These characters albeit different were totally engrossing and captivating and you could easily become one with them on a more personal level.

I've always felt if a writer can bring words to light, create thoughtful reflection and insight, challenge the rule of law, and touch upon political infractions and deadly violent attributes as we see today than it's worth it's weight in gold.

This is a book that operates from the current train of thought as we see white supremacy, racial segregation, bigotry, misogyny, equality, and more into a more robust and all inclusive focus and that's worth gold.

Today we see fool's gold being made to shine.

However, we don't need fool's gold when we apply the basics..be yourself, love yourself, accept yourself.

You are who you are -no apologies needed!
Much love!