Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

9 reviews

gabybenitez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I would give this book 1K stars if I could! There’s so much to rave about — the devastating queer romance at the heart of the story held in contrast to the horror of a world that calls into question the very definition of dystopia and the dystopian genre — the resounding call for abolition, and the call to the reader to deeply question the system of mass incarceration that we’re all embedded within one way or another. This book fucked me up! But if there’s one book you read, it should be this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Torture, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia and Sexual assault

tinyplanet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Torture, Murder, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Minor: Antisemitism, Infidelity, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Classism, Cursing, Homophobia, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Deportation, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

samburkhouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Police brutality, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Child death, Self harm, Grief, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Transphobia, Sexual content, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Rape

smolo1993'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

5.0

A dark forecast on what the U.S. criminal justice system could become. Written from multiple points of view, it follows the struggle to survive, captures the indifference of the masses to inhumane behavior, and highlights the hope for reform via the social justice movement. This book will inform, enrage, inspire, and break you. Truly an incredible and impactful work. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Violence, Racism, and Physical abuse

fruitbatflora's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Suicide, Murder, Death, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Torture, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Rape, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Domestic abuse

daniellekat's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.75

A very difficult book to rate. There was so much packed into this but overall it lacked focus. The author is a talented writer but, for me, this was messy and chaotic. There were way too many characters and names to follow and the changing POVs just added to the confusion. I enjoyed the addition of the factual footnotes, but the intermixing of fiction footnotes watered down the effect and distracted from the main novel. I can appreciate what the author was attempting and I think that there is much value in turning a magnifying lens to the American carceral system, but this needed more fine tuning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Police brutality, Blood, Torture, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Rape, Racism, Death of parent, Transphobia, and Sexism

olivia_vosper's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Torture, Suicide, Self harm, Death, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer and Transphobia

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Suicide, Self harm, Gore, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Confinement, Mental illness, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Lesbophobia, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, and Abandonment

inkstutter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Violence, Racial slurs, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Biphobia, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Religious bigotry and Transphobia