Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

5 reviews

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

thattinyone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

toyin_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

There's a reason why lesbians recommend this book to young queers. It tells a story rarely told, shows butch history in a way I've never come across before and it is beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Gun violence, Suicide, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

gardedvoir's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

darkmattersoybean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail