Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Les Argonautes by Maggie Nelson

3 reviews

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.5

Shockingly theory-heavy for a memoir. For that reason, I suspect that I might have enjoyed it more if I had a physical copy instead of the audiobook. Without the words in front of me, Nelson’s disjointed style made it harder to fit the pieces together on some of the throughlines of the book. But the way she juxtaposed certain experiences (her pregnancy with her partner’s transition; her son’s birth with her mother-in-law’s death) really made the book for me.
And it was nice to read a queer book that really dug into the nuance of queer identity without stopping to explain everything to the cishets. There’s a time and place for that, but sometimes it’s nice to really get into the weeds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Pregnancy

Moderate: Hate crime, Infertility, Transphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism

o3tri's review against another edition

medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Lesbophobia

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Stalking, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement