Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable

14 reviews

arlangrey17's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

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

kaitlyn_ann's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

I really enjoyed this, but I found it quite slow in some parts, but found the ending to be incredibly rushed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.0

On the whole, I really liked this graphic novel. It tackles a lot of topics that are incredibly difficult in a way that extends empathy to most everyone involved (except the terrible bigot grandparents, who can choke). And the art is lovely and compliments the story so well.  I do agree with most people here that the cover for this does not really match the content within. The cover promises a kind of romcom kind of vibe, when it's a much more serious study of acceptance, homophobia, family, coming of age and coming out.

I would love to read a review by a trans reviewer to see how the trans subplot is handled since the character is dead named, and to the best of my knowledge, neither creators were trans. I deeply related to the queer girl at the center of the story and felt it was handled with grace. I would just like a deeper review of that. I also don't know how I feel about 

how quickly the dad is forgiven for ignoring his daughter for weeks after she's outed (though I did love her mom so very much). But everyone has their own journey I suppose.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse