Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

21 reviews

kshertz's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I think that this title for this book is pretty misleading because it really feels like the title is trying to lend it self to like a romantic comedy. However, this is a very deep intense book looking at artificial intelligence, Frankenstein, and what it means to be a human. I was a little uncomfortable with the fact that they had a trans person in the book and they were comparing that with artificial intelligence and built humans that are brought back to life. It made it feel like a trans person is comparable to different pieces of life that were not necessarily human and I did not like that aspect. I don’t think that was the author’s intention at all. It just made me feel like maybe they were biting off more than needed to be in the novel and in doing that kind of equated trans with not normal so I was not liking that. But there was a lot of interesting themes and connections in the book that really made me think. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

mollychristiantyler's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

kaia's review

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia

radfordmanor's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

mskipsey's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

mryshells's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

1.0

Huge TW for transphobia towards characters in the book but also in the clearly problematic views the author must hold that come through in the writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

sophiewelsh's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Deadnaming, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, and Antisemitism

thoroughlyenjoyedbooks's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Grief

morebedsidebooks's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Moderate: Pedophilia

hmatt's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

interesting examination of how body politics intersect with technology/AI

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization