Reviews tagging 'Racism'

May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

24 reviews

lazycycle's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming, Racism, and Sexual violence

maxtiu's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

“one gay does the asking, the other buys the condoms. it’s called equality”

this book is everything

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

Minor: Racism

darkmattersoybean's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

longlost's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This. This sure was a book.

I really wanted to like this book. Autistic rep AND queer rep ?? All I want in life. Unfortunately I just could not vibe with the book or its characters. 

Lukas and Jeremy's relationship was not enjoyable to read about during most points of the book. It came off as TOO mean-spirited so so often and I genuinely don't see why

they ended up getting back together.

Jeremy treated Lukas like shit, and while I understand that

Jeremy was hurt by Lukas's comment on the day they broke up he also uses it as an excuse to vilify Lukas when like. There is no reasonable way he could have known how to respond to Jeremy at that point. Also he KNOWS Lukas is autistic and therefore has trouble w/ social shit, and yet it never occurs to him to say "hey, I broke up with you because of that comment you made, not because you somehow did a bunch of things wrong in our three years of dating" which we see Lukas is worried about from the chapters in his POV.

Naomi and Sol were fun however. I liked them. 

I DID enjoy the queer power message in this book, and while I didn't enjoy the shitty school system it also reflects reality unfortunately so. I wish I could have liked this book more because I'm 100% behind Jeremy's fight to change the Code so that the harassment he's facing is Actually Acknowledged but I couldn't stand the main plot of fighting over the Homecoming crown even if I could sympathize with both character's motivations. The actions they took against each other just felt too mean-spirited. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

alyshkalia's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

reading_ray's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Transphobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Deadnaming

rey_therese07's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Antisemitism, and Grief

peachpit_gabe's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

paperbrownies's review against another edition

5.0

- lgbtqiap+, ya contemporary, rivals to lovers, mental health rep
- m|m
- trans gay mc, queer autistic mc, latinx trans nonbinary sc, asian sc s and other queer characters (minor lesbian, polyamory and asexual, rep)

"I’m a big believer that queer people don’t need to be perfect to deserve love, and Jeremy and Lukas’ story reflects that." -z r ellor

YES!! IT DOES!! AND I LOVE THIS BOOK FOR THAT!!!! (:
wow,,,, this book!!
jeremy and lukas are hard rivals and their rivalry shows in the hardest ways yet i could not stop reading about these messy characters even tho they made me SO mad. am not going to excuse their behaviour and neither did the author; he let his characters hurt but also gave them a chance to heal and come back stronger than ever!!  
it's a hard book to read but a page turner that you must add to your tbr and also bc we need more trans stories!! which is why i will recommend y'all not go into it thinking that it's a rom-com even though yes, it does have romance in it. problematic behaviour including misogyny, bullying transphobia, and ableism is called out. (also check tw) 
i found the rivals to lovers trope done really well although i admit the ending could have been a bit less hurried. lastly i really wish that the asian parents were not stereotyped in that way!!

tw: violent transphobia, ableism, alcohol consumption, misgendering, deadnaming, the f slur, death of sibling (off page), verbal and physical abuse, violence, blood, bullying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Death and Racism

jenny_d's review against another edition

emotional slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Racism, and Violence