Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Straight by Chuck Tingle

18 reviews

limina's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I liked this a lot- having read Camp Damascus it's a close second place. Straight is a heavy handed but sincere  allegory of homophobia if it were experienced as a zombie outbreak. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia

aingealwroth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Set up is slower at the beginning and then it hits the peak and snowballs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Car accident, Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

kshertz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow. It feels like it is trying to be dystopian but it’s wild in the fact that you can absolutely imagine it happening. The idea that straight  people will be affected by something in the universe and need a vaccine but queer people will remain sane but now targets. As with most things chuck tingle it has really deep messages hidden in wild and out there antics. It was dark and as a queer person, full of triggers. But I found it poignant and at the end, I was so glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

hazel_oat's review

emotional funny inspiring tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Religious bigotry and Outing

mandi_lea's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

autisticwhimsydreamgirl's review against another edition

funny tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Dementia, Grief, and Murder

love_bookswillbetheendofme's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia

nixieba25f's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

throwback682's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a great twist on the usual zombie apocalypse stories. It touches on so many LGBTQIA+ issues (right wing politicians being outed as queer, biphobia and transphobia within the community, fair weather allies) and also nods to pandemic attitudes. Definitely gory and sometimes pretty emotional but overall kind of a romp. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

The book is about a phenomenon that causes allocishet people to attack LGBTQIA+ people once a year. A twist on zombie apocalypse stories. So obviously there’s a lot of queerphobia/violence towards queer folks but it’s not glorified. The author is queer and trans.

ceeess's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Calls out "allies" who leave when it gets tough. Also calls out anti-vaxxer COVID deniers under the guise of a zombie outbreak. Deserved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic