Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'
Something That May Shock and Discredit You, by Daniel M. Lavery
11 reviews
brassmonkey's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
Less of an autobiography, more of a rambling conversation you'd have with a fellow transmasculine friend at 2 am about religion and identity.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Alcoholism
aardwyrm's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism and Transphobia
onalark's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia
junothan's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Dysphoria, Alcoholism, and Transphobia
nabecker13's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria
Minor: Alcoholism
rhi_books's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Often fairly incoherent, but with frequent brilliance despite this. I oddly get the impression that the parts I found incoherent would be found brilliant by others and vice versa. When I could work my way through the layers the humour and understanding was wonderful. I shall be returning to this book again to try and winkle out more of it's gems.
I read the audiobook, and though Lavery has an excellent voice, I think the audiobook probably suffers from the lack of page architecture, containing multiple conversations in the format:
A: says something
B: says something else
Without character voices these quickly become tedious and hard to follow.
I read the audiobook, and though Lavery has an excellent voice, I think the audiobook probably suffers from the lack of page architecture, containing multiple conversations in the format:
A: says something
B: says something else
Without character voices these quickly become tedious and hard to follow.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Transphobia
Minor: Medical content
cultivatingshelves's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Transphobia
rob_m's review
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Deadnaming and Transphobia
milliebrierley's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
agavemonster's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
4.0
only sometimes similar to the rest of the author's oeuvre, more memoir-ish and personal. the storygraph description is not accurate at all; this is a memoir about the author's transition and emotional evolution. the occasional unrelated humor/pop culture segments come off as a little patchy. some hit better than others. his repeated descriptions of his "maladaptive fantasies" remind me a lot of David Sedaris, specifically the essay where Sedaris describes several soothing fantasies he has while consumed with insomnia due to his recent sobriety.
Content Warnings
Minor: Religious bigotry and Transphobia