Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

246 reviews

d00rframe's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

I loved this book. the characters aren't perfect, and I love that. pregnancy is a topic I'm not usually a fan of, but I thought I would try something new and I'm glad I did. it's definitely a harder book to read due to all the sensitive topics, as well as just generally feeling like a like book to read, but it is so worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Outing, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

charlesalexander's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-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

4.0

wow. this book was a whole messy meal. I liked it! didn’t like a single character but I think that’s the point. all of you suck! 
it feels like both a love letter and hate mail to trans people—cis people idk if your minds can comprehend.
other note: so wordy. I like learning new words but what did I read ❤️ gave up trying to look up the meanings about 50 pages in. kind of unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia and Suicide attempt

uniquekorne's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicide, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

lottiegasp's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.25

The story gives a lot of insight into some of the quirks and particulars of the trans community, which was cool. It explores what it means to want to be a parent, especially as a trans or queer person, and who is entitled to parenthood.

I thought some of the characters acted in reprehensible ways and barely needed to make amends, while one character in particular barely did anything wrong and spent all their energy atoning.

Namely, Katrina outed Ames as detrans WITH COLLEAGUES and she has a cute session discussing it with Reese but we don't actually see Katrina make amends to Ames. Reese cheated on Amy repeatedly leading to Amy being beaten up by a man, Reese does nothing to fix things, just grovels and then Reese is angry and upset when Ames leaves her and detranisitions, such that when Ames extends an olive branch years later it's like Ames wronged Reese. I get that Reese's bad behaviour is a product of her trauma, but we really saw no evidence that she was working on herself. The beach scene at the end absolves Reese of needing to actually repair her behaviour, because Ames and Katrina feel sorry for her so say it's all fine

I'm kind of torn about what I think about the detrans representation. It suggests Ames detranisitioned because he was sick of transphobia but is really a woman deep down. I suppose this might be some (many?) people's experience. In any case, I thought Reese could have shown more compassion for Ames' choice. I also expect some (many?) people detransition because their gender identity changes over time, and I wonder if this book implicitly disregards that as a possibility. On the other hand, I guess this book doesn't need to capture all experiences, and we just need more stories about de/trans people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt

A few characters are outed as de/trans without consent, and a trans woman is beaten up

paracosim's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Transphobia, and Outing

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

Minor: Suicide attempt

herbodyslikeamodernart's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

only reason I docked stars is because the ending felt rushed, otherwise this is a 5-star read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

kaytheghost's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

This is a beautifully written book, and one of the hardest ones I think I have ever read. There are a lot of people who criticise this book for wrong and ultimately transphobic reasons: I think it is confronting for some people to see trans people in books as, well…people? It’s a fun house mirror  that makes every aspect of darkness you encounter as a trans person, distorting it into larger than life, nightmarish versions of itself - it’s unrealistic for a reason, because how it feels is just as important as how it is.   Is it a hard read sometimes? Yes? Is it because it’s misogynistic? No - that’s just blatant transphobia trying to disguise itself by wearing a feminism t-shirt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

esoterina's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

i think watching i saw the tv glow would help amy. is this gauche to say.

very insightful book that hit a little too close to home at certain points, especially in regards to amy's gender troubles and the fears/hope of starting a family not aligned with heteronormative expectations. fantastic. hurt me again! a story that's not afraid to portray an ugliness and beauty so realistic to what trans women/fems may experience in reality. the characters are deeply flawed and so so so human. peters has a powerful command of her prose, i loved how she described certain concepts. i feel a deep ache at all the trauma these women have been through, and it makes me want to give my girlfriend a big fat kiss on the forehead when she wakes up in the morning. and i will, dont worry. anyway please talk to me about this book what the fuck.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Transphobia, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

bmitch's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage, Blood, and Alcohol

obsessed with the drama of this! loved the description of ames detransition ~ all the confusion and emotions.