Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Aristóteles e Dante Descobrem os Segredos do Universo by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

445 reviews

maren_notkaren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

kat_in_a_tree's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Outing, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chloemakesbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Very immersive, cinematic. A little dreamlike, and very sad. Not a strong plot, but loveable characters and engaging style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Medical content, and Car accident

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Alcohol

amris's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Transphobia

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-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

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

felishacb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Devastated. In the best way.

This YA story is a Latine mix of Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy, and Call Me By Your Name (without the age/power dynamics). The author weaves a seemingly typical tale of two Mexican-American teen boys, lonely in their own ways, and their unlikely friendship into a masterful story about love and growing. 

There is a throughline of family secrets. At the same time, these two families support their children and show up in the hard moments. Many of us have to figure ourselves out without parents who care enough to see us, know us, and ask about our hearts. To be told that you are perfectly loved and that there is a place for the unique parts of you is a world I want for all young people.

There are so many kinds of love, and this book truly shows that well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Toxic relationship

deathmetalheron's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, and War

frqnc22's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Violence, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Homophobia, and Transphobia

sofipitch's review against another edition

hopeful reflective 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

4.0

Ha sido mucho tiempo des de que leí este libro. Me gustó de adolescente y todavía recomendaría este libro a otros adolescentes. Las problemas con la identidad que tienen Ari y Dante era de las mismas cosas en que me preocupaban de chica. Recuerdo lamentando que mis padres no eran como los de este libro. Ese es la parte en que este libro es más forma de escape, gestura a la homofobia pero todo se arregla para los characteres. Las problemas más difíciles los characteres solo paran de pensar en ellos. Lo que Ari descubre de su hermano da la idea que odiara a alguien como el pero no piensa nada en eso

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Car accident

jimmyvini's review against another edition

I don't usually like "slice of life" style fiction and unfortunately this is not an exception !
I didn't like the vibes and the story felt very flat. I read the plot summary to see if I wanted to stick with it and it turns out theres some key plot points around homophobia and homo/transphobic violence which I wasn't prepared for so glad that I looked it up. I'm sure its a sweet story about these lads finding themselves but it's just not for me at all.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence