Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

The Seep by Chana Porter

25 reviews

egg_apologist's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

Despite what the story's premise might lead you to believe, this story is, strangely, less about alien invasions and more so a very lovely story about life and death and grief and learning how to heal from grief. The narrative does hit you over the head over and over again with its messaging (it’s about as subtle in getting its point across as a cartoon sledgehammer whacking a character over the head), but it’s beautifully written nonetheless. Not to mention this is a super quick read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug use

Minor: Body horror and Transphobia

sinslashcos's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Cultural appropriation

rorikae's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

'The Seep' by Chana Porter is a deeply human story about a woman dealing with loss and an alien invasion. 
When the Seep first arrives, humanity is terrified by its alien presence but the Seep seeks to calm humanity's fears and problems. This includes allowing humanity to transform beyond its expectations and take on new forms. Trina finds that the possibilities of the Seep do not solve her own search for meaning and experience but she is still enjoying life with her wife, Deeba. But then Deeba throws her life into turmoil when she informs Trina that she wants to revert back into a baby and lead a completely new life. Reeling from loss and seeking meaning, Trina will have to venture out to discover what she values and where she wants to go next in her life. 
Porter has created such a deeply human story told with a sci-fi flair. This is a deeply strange book as the things that the Seep allows humanity to do makes the world far more surrealist than I was expecting. But at its core, it is a story about grief, loss, and what we do with our life. There are a number of incredible quotes and a deeply human core. It's hard to explain but I highly recommend it as long as you are open to a little (or a lot of) weirdness. I will definitely be picking up more books by Porter as she clearly has a way with storytelling and tapping into emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Transphobia

anaheeta's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

If I had a penny for every time I read a book that was a metaphor for grief (of a loved one) in the past few months, I’d have two pennies, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Racism, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

biobeetle's review

adventurous hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Transphobia

shebbyreads's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, Transphobia, and Grief

cozyscones's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Racism and Transphobia

sektaufeis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

2.5

to cite another review:

"… very odd really enjoyed the beginning but went off the rails. But still I would take messy gay sci fi over better heteronormative misogynistic sci fi "

I wasn't doing really good while reading this and the story is quite depressing. There are a lot of good ideas but for me these did not connect. After a strong start the story got more messy by the chapter and the ending seemed kind of unfinished. I had hoped for more world building and deeper character development.

How the seep talked to the people was really cringy for me. Or maybe just not my kind of humor?

Kind of sad cause I was excited about a trans* protagonist without trans being THE problem - which was the case - but the story did not catch me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content and Transphobia

aely's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

3.25

It was a good book, I’ll give it that. It made me reflect on my own life, which is always a good thing, in my opinion. I just didn’t care all that much about the characters, other than the boy and he didn’t end up playing that much of a role in the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes dystopia and living in the present. I didn’t connect much with the characters, but I didn’t dislike any of them either. It was a good book, just not a great one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Body horror, Death, Transphobia, Medical content, Dysphoria, and War

breadwitchery's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Excrement