Reviews tagging 'Deadnaming'

Trumpet by Jackie Kay

27 reviews

noahsingh's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Racism, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Body shaming, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Dementia, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

cwgrieves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Outing

rcsreads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

3.0

It's clear that if they were real people several of the characters in this book would read the Daily Mail. Some sections contain a lot of transphobic language and while the underlying story of Joss' love and marriage is full of love and acceptance the background to it comes with a trigger warning. 

The books begins with the death of famous jazz trumpeter Joss Moody and the discovery by everyone but his wife that Joss has boobies wrapped up under his suit. The story is told from various perspectives, his wife Millie, his son Coleman, various friends and an extremely annoying and unpleasant journalist. 

I liked Kay's writing style but if I put the book down between chapters I could just leave it for days. There was no momentum or need to keep going. It was at points almost like a set of short stories on a theme rather than a cohesive novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, and Death of parent

rachelandrews's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia

francestea's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Fascinating read and a truly original story. The audiobook is well narrated. My struggle was that the chapters jump between characters and it wasn’t a always clear whose voice it was- not sure if this was intentional or just a downside of the audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Death of parent

rrb101's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I personally wouldn't have chosen to read this book if I didn't have to for uni. But in a way, I'm glad I did. I did enjoy the book. I think it was really well written. Certain aspects made me mad (this was intentional) and could be quite triggering for some, but I found the overall story quite beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, Grief, and Outing

Moderate: Racism and Sexual content

Minor: Fatphobia

dollys_island's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming and Transphobia

Minor: Body shaming and Alcohol

anna_alexandra's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia

figgy_pudding's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

A beautiful book. Ending was a bit abrupt but it was absolutely stunning

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Based on the life of Billy Tipton

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Outing

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent