Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Trans i pół, bejbi by Torrey Peters

621 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

finnc's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I’m so happily angry about the end of this book! Truly magnificent writing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide

saturn_rage's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

3.75

Holy shit this book made me cry several time. I identify with Reese (wonder why lol), and her struggles with motherhood and trans motherhood fucking HIT ME. Anyhow, I do find the ending of the book interesting, but I can’t bring myself to love anyone but Reese. Katrina pisses me off, as does Ames. Gendering them all female at the end is interesting though, we’re left with four women (baby included) pondering themselves. I don’t really love this book, but holy shit some parts of it do get me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide

stormeno's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Death, Drug use, Abortion, and Abandonment

valerisches_valbeing's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.5

I read this book very quickly. Does that mean it was very good, or did I have a long train ride and did I push myself to read instead of staring out of the window ‚unproductively‘? 
After finishing the novel, I feel blank, but I know that it has inspired me to think about myself in old and new ways. I’ve both related to and hated the main characters, and in a way this may be the starting point for me to less abstractly think about how I want to or don’t want to relate to raising kids in a queer way.  
The constant jumping back and forth between past and present didn’t work too well for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

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

hevlav's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

2.75

This book offers a great perspective into life as a (white) trans woman and the exploration of gender, but feels callously dismissive of the plight of people of color, cis and non-binary. I wouldn’t expect as deep of an expose on their lives (as I’m sure the author doesn’t have the experience), but making any mention of them the butt of a comparison feels… wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

camjones1's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Transphobia

Moderate: Drug use

tiredgirlreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-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

3.0

The book intrigued me from start to finish and there were some really good moments. I have some reservations about the writing - sometimes it felt very stilted and ‘informative’, especially within sections of dialogue. And there were some leaps characters made where it didn’t feel like the necessary building had been done to get them there. I also didn’t really care much for the characters - Ames was my favourite and he definitely didn’t get enough airtime. I didn’t and don’t think Reese is a good person at ALL and tbh she had really misogynistic views about what made a woman and what made a mother and it felt a little odd in a book that was supposed to challenge gender stereotypes. I was left wanting the characters to have developed a whole lot more through their relationships and experiences than they did. Overall, it was a really interesting delve into different forms of motherhood and gender but just slightly hit the mark for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence