Reviews with content warning for Sexual harassment - Symptoms of Being Human

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Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

14 reviews

nurlou's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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kyking0117's review

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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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im_just_vidu's review against another edition

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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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megthelemon's review against another edition

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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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queenfury's review

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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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mothpetrichor's review

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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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brookey8888's review against another edition

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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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