Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman

15 reviews

rieviolet's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.5

I think it is really wonderful to have middle grade books that deal with such important topics, and in such a good and sensitive way too. I wish I could have read a book like this when I was that age myself. 

Also, I always love a good found family trope and here we have a lot of disparate people coming together and caring deeply about each other, it really warmed my heart. 

The only fault that I can pinpoint is a bit of overexplanation (especially of the characters' feelings), but that might just be incidental to the intended audience's age range.

"So there is a word for it."
"Oh honey, there's a word for everything on God's green earth. And if there isn't, we can just make one up.” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Transphobia, Homophobia, Classism, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Racial slurs, Murder, War, Dysphoria, Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Grief

atamano's review against another edition

emotional medium-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: Body shaming, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent

Minor: Murder

koplomps's review

challenging hopeful 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? No

5.0

Beautiful, warm and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death of parent

reading_rainbows's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

Bug starts the book with a very narrow world view.  She is very internally focused with innocent ignorance.  She has a hard time making friends, and seems neurodivergent with her difficulty understanding.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Murder

kshertz's review

lighthearted 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? No

3.75

This was a super cute book. It’s told by a 10 year old. You learn alongside Bug what has happened in their life to cause them to be where they are now. Terms you learn about as you grow up in the 80s: homophobia, racism, transphobia. It does a great job of introducing to Bug what life in America unfortunately was and is. Definitely a YA I would recommend to 10+ students. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Hate crime, and Homophobia

xandraj's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Bullying, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Hate crime

jadatrack's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Transphobia, Murder, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

imstephtacular's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Racism, Transphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

ojreads's review

adventurous funny hopeful informative 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

I listened to this book and my picking it was entirely random, I saw an author and a narrator that I recognized and said why not! This middle grade read was so fast and easy but our leading characters, ages 10 and 11, have a lot of life to learn and the heart break of reality is shifted from sadness to a sense of adventure!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, and Homophobia