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Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

26 reviews

illtakethenightshiftx's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

5.0

The most heartbreaking and visceral, yet beautiful and tender book I’ve ever read. Wow, wow, wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Deadnaming and Trafficking

bmitch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

wow!!!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤤🤤🤤❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, and War

renstrange's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

i’m so glad i finally read one of the cornerstones of lesbian literature. i learned so much about the hardships our queer elders faced, as well as a peak into aspects of lesbian culture in the past. i enjoyed following jess goldberg through her life, though it was quite harrowing at times. this book was compulsively readable, as well. i read it in about 3 days! such an important piece of lesbian historical literature!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use

rhiannonhoward's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kacheekah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

q_bert13's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

A great work of speculative fiction- retelling the many real experiences of queer and gender diverse people during the mid/late 20th century. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, and Classism

blue_boy62's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Revelatory in ways I cannot put into words.
Exceedingly powerful and a real look at history and humanity. 
A must-read book, especially for queer folks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Outing, and War

Minor: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

quinn24's review against another edition

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

3.75

 didn’t like this as much as I thought I would but I do still like it quite a bit. I wasn’t a big fan of the writing style and I found that the timeline tended to jump forward months or years without warning. It is very clearly a labour of love however, and it is a very interesting and important read. If you are interested in queer history and like historical fiction you would probably like it. It does have a lot of heavy content but I didn’t find it to be gratuitous, it was real and unfortunately necessary to tell an accurate story, (though of course you should check warnings if needed). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Medical trauma, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

dandydoodle's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Reading this book 40 years after it’s initial publication doesn’t take away from it’s ability to reach a hand deep into my chest and squeeze my heart until about ready to burst, only to cradle it afterwards. This copy has been sitting on my shelf for years and I cannot believe it took me so long to pick up, but I feel as though it found me when I needed it most. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Antisemitism, War, and Classism

nothing is gratuitous, once an experience has been touched on it will be referred to again but not in detail. context is merely provided for experiences necessary to communicate the reality of the situations the book describes. this could be triggering, no doubt.

hippiequeen's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Get ready to tear up. As a queer person who is and has been in a relationship with afab and amab trans* people/nonbinary folks, this book hit me hard without having had to experience the struggle with gender and dysphoria on my own skin. I understood and lived through the pain of violence and hate crime, because that I understand. 
The History that accompanies the story is simply beautiful. I loved this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, and Alcohol