Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

This Winter by Alice Oseman

154 reviews

spark_879's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

the font, line spacing, pace, pictures and length of this made it feel a lot like reading younger middle-grade books again, which was fun :)

(although the book still largely focused on the difficulties of the holidays for people with mental illnesses, so i wouldn't say the book itself is middle-grade at all.)

there was a section each from tori, charlie, and oliver's perspectives of the family's christmas. oliver's section came last and was my personal favourite :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia and Self harm

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.75

No surprise that I loved this book! I absolutely ADORE the Heartstopper series and the show so any more Nick and Charlie content I can get I'm all here for. I love how we got all the siblings' perspectives in this one especially Oliver's; he's literally the cutest! Again, I absolutely adore Nick and Charlie's relationship and how healthy it is, and how they're always there for each other no matter what. I also admire how taboo mental health can be/still is through Charlie's interactions with his immediate and extended family. It tackles the people who are trying to be sincere but fail, the people who are just plain ignorant, and the people trying to help, but don't know how. I love the dynamic between Charlie's siblings and how patient Tori is with Charlie, it really pays to have siblings like that. I don't know if they tackled it in the other books and I just missed it but I hope we find out why Tori is the way she is. She seems so sad and I can't begin to fathom why. Maybe she's in other Alice Oseman books, I don't know. I haven't read all of them, but I'll most definitely be going through her backlist. I just adore her books so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia and Homophobia

samreadsfiction's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

devynreadsnovels's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Dysphoria

slayharrie28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

arcus's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

readingtempeh's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Self harm

samreadsthings's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I love Charlie and Nick. Oseman can do no wrong with these two. I also liked getting to read the perspectives of Charlie’s siblings in this novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

emburke's review

emotional lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, and Self harm

Minor: Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, and Alcohol