Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable

24 reviews

christineazopf's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Outing

flamesocks's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

robinks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Overall, I liked the story and the illustrations. I did not like a lot of the main characters, and this story affirmed my dislike of organized religion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol and Dysphoria

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

devynsbookshelf's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

the_crooked_neighbor's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I am really picky when it comes to graphic novels because I feel like it can be hard for them to really tell a full story. KN8 fills all of my requirements for a perfect graphic novel. It was long enough to tell the story it needed to tell and it had a great art style. I cried a lot- in a good way- because it really had the catharsis that I craved from the setup. I really appreciated that the comfort found in religion was portrayed alongside the harm that can come from it as a queer person. I am so glad I picked this one up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Death and Death of parent

The story handles the homophobia in a satisfying way- it is cathartic by the end. The transphobia- less so, but the characters definitely become less transphobic by the end. If it is not too triggering, I would still recommend the book because I felt that the pain from reading her experiences was overwhelmed by the joy of her acceptance by the end.

hexenlibrarian's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

wynterwonderland's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

thejoyfuljuggler's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Sexual content, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Bullying and Deadnaming

fallandfox's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Gaslighting

valerie_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Outing

Moderate: Religious bigotry