Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

29 reviews

alid73's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

lbevs's review against another edition

emotional funny 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: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Outing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Racism, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

This is probably the most unique book I've read in awhile. It tells the story of Reese, Amy, and Katrina - Amy's new girlfriend. Reese and Amy are both transgender women and spent many years in a relationship, during which they lived together and planned to have a family. Things went astray when Amy made the decision to detransition and become Ames, living as a man instead. Things get even crazier when Ames gets his girlfriend pregnant unexpectedly and crazier still when he suggests Reese co-parent with him and Katrina. A lot of messiness ensues! 

I thought this book was overall, impressive. It is whip smart, funny, and often heartbreaking. It offers a window into a situation unlike anything I've ever read. The characters are complex and have diverse points of view and the dynamics between characters are incredibly interesting. The writing is beautiful and extremely smart - often a little too smart for me. 

The issues I have with it don't necessarily have to do with the quality of the book itself and more with me. I thought that the book was going to be faster paced, and that we were going to see more of the interesting throuple-but-not dynamic than we actually got to see. There is a lot of backstory, which was excellent and told me a lot about Reese and Amy/Ames as people, but not a lot of plot to work with in the present day, which became frustrating for me toward the end. Ultimately, I think that this book is great, and reads quickly despite the slower pacing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Self harm

znvisser's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

This story is a complex and nuanced reflection on womanhood and motherhood. At times however, it felt like nonfiction in disguise, with many detailed and metaphorical monologues to explain very specific ideas. Although these descriptions were succesful in their purpose, they felt too elaborate and therefore overemphasised, and I felt a similar way about the comprehensive flashbacks and many kink scenes. This book unexpectedly challenged me as well, as I felt there was more cruelty between the characters than justified by their individual considerations and complexities. Instead, I would have liked to see more of Ames' present-day relationship with both women, as I felt his character could have added some depth and peace to the story, but instead he started to drift away from the plot after a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deadnaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

skylaturner's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

belle2008's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

atomicbritt's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Transphobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

stormforest's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

a real gritty funny insight into queer lives and motherhood and the conflicts surrounding that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

balfies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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? Yes

4.5

I devoured this in a day. It's not just as good as you've heard, it's better.

Brilliant, sensitive, funny, full of character, and able to divine the complex relationships between sex, sexuality, womanhood, trans identity, parenthood, and change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Blood, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Eating disorder