Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

35 reviews

kyking0117's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

1.0

This lacked a lot of authenticity that I like to find within the LGBTQ books I read. The ending was also a let down. Just felt extremely cliche and lacking in depth, as if someone looked up what being gender-fluid meant and decided to based a character off of it.

Also a complete lack of pronoun usage or any acknowledgment of the importance of pronouns to the trans (and human) experience. I had to come back and make my review even lower, the more I thought about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Self harm

im_just_vidu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

It's my first ever read of the year. And I should pat myself for choosing a book that isn't bad, so that might represent my whole reading year. I'm glad that this was my first read of the year. I don't have any bad things to say, so you might wonder why I didn't give the full 5 stars. There's no such reason. I like this book. It's informative and makes me feel valid. It just didn't hit the deepest part of my heart. Maybe because I expected a little bit more in the end. I love the way they accept themselves. I didn't feel it to the core. But I would happily recommend it to others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

megthelemon's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

queenfury's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Sexual harassment

mariareviews's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Outing

iceteaa's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book brought a lot of light to topics that aren’t talked about enough and it explains gender binary well as a non-binary person. The book was shocking towards the end and ended on a really good note.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

mothpetrichor's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Transphobia, Outing, and Sexual harassment

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.75

Wow. What a important story. It is very hard to read at times, but there are a lot of light moments as well. I really loved Riley as our character. They were just very relatable in many ways like being awkward. I thought the friendships and the family relationships were so important. I learned a lot and think other people will as well. Definitely look up trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

bonriki's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.5

I didn’t realize when I began this book that it would be another trans trauma story which was a very unwelcome surprise. Cis authors writing stories about trans people with a cis audience in mind do this all the time, I need to start reading spoilers ahead of time so I can avoid these books. It sends a message that trans people are deserving of empathy due to the discrimination we face, not because we are intrinsically worthy of respect and dignity. If I want to read about assaults and hate crimes against trans people, I’ll read the news

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

kaii_theratgod's review

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

so, as a genderfluid person, this book very quickly became a comfort book to me, even before I realized I was genderfluid. the romantic relationship is adorable, but I like how it also focuses a lot on Riley, their struggles, their internalized issues, and their friendships. It's a book that I can and have read multiple times just because it makes me feel safe. despite this book having very heavy topics, it's strangely comforting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt