Praise for You Weren't Meant to be Human:
"A tenderly beating, bloody heart of a novel. Relentlessly bleak and harrowing, White's brutal adult debut also somehow manages to be deeply, devastatingly empathetic." Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide and Lucy, Undying
"Gruesome and unrelenting, Andrew Joseph Whites adult debut is a masterpiece of horror. White dares you to accept Crane's humanity when all the veneers of politeness are stripped away, capturing the intersection of the alienation of neurodivergence and the pain of dysphoria with unflinching honesty." -K. M. Enright, Sunday Times Bestselling author of Mistress of Lies
You Weren't Meant to be Human is dysphoria bound into words. Andrew Joseph White captures a beautifully disgusting world thats all too familiar to neurodivergent and trans individuals, with a plot that offers nothing but shocking pleasure with each page turn. Linden Lewis, author of The First Sister
"White wields prose like a scalpel, cutting deep and spilling guts with gruesome precision." Kirkus Reviews
"White's latest is a stunning testament to the intertwining realities of politics and queerness." Publishers Weekly
"Andrew Joseph White continues to deliver sharp, compelling writing...There hasn't been a novel from White that I haven't loved." The Southern Bookseller Review
Praise for the author:
"A long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus." The New York Times
"A defining voice of our generation." H.E. Edgmon, author of Godly Heathens and Merciless Saviors
"White wields prose like a scalpel, cutting deep and spilling guts with gruesome precision... Visceral and vindicating." Kirkus Reviews