Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

107 reviews

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Transphobia, and Death of parent

beemovie02's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Random untranslated lines in French? Slowed down the flow od reading

noonanjohnc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia

alice666's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

‘People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.’

Wonderful and remarkably vulnerable, Baldwin gives his insight into the complexities, anxieties and passions that exist beneath the skin of our most palatable and performative natures. And, how we can be so convinced and hypnotised by a separate safe idea of ourselves that it can be seen to be corrupted and imperilled by our most genuine and intimate selves.

In short, be prepared for many tears.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Transphobia

bookwormcat's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

eliisar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

2.75

I wanted to like this so bad. It did have some good and emotional moments, I especially liked the last couple pages. But the language was very confusing for me. Might be because English isn't my first language, but every page had sentences I had to reread several times before I understood them. And that didn't even work sometimes so I just moved on because I was getting frustrated lol.
The story also went in a direction I wasn't expecting. I mean, I didn't think it was gonna be a super happy queer love story, but I wasn't expecting this, so I kinda went through the book with a completely wrong idea in my head. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Transphobia

kaywhiteley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Murder

lp961's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Transphobia

bookbunny00's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny and Transphobia

yessenyan's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Beautiful depressing writing. Insightful however slow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Minor: Death