Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

54 reviews

aleserizo's review

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Murder

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

Overall it was fine. Exactly what you’d expect. I’m knocking points off bc it’s not my style of book, but mostly bc of the handful of racist/homophobic/transphobic comments from the MCs. The situations where the comments were made were absolutely not called for to advance any plot or give any purpose to the story - they’re disgusting throwaway comments which… hmm wonder what that must say about the author 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia

gandalf_a's review

adventurous informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

emma_reads_sometimes's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Minor: Transphobia

marie_1's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Transphobia

sarahuwu's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

Self-insert nostalgia fanfic at its worst. The book’s success banks entirely on “hey, remember this thing from the 80s?” The main character is unlikable from the beginning and removes all of his body hair for some reason? Not to mention the flagrant transphobia that really could’ve been left out. Watch the movie, avoid the book. It’s not worth the hours of your life you won’t get back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

olive_lol's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

To me, one of the biggest appeals of this book is the world it creates. It intertwines old video games and futuristic technology in a compelling way. If you're a fan of references to 80s pop culture and classic video games, you'll probably like this book.

A few parts in the middle felt like they were rushed over to maintain the story's momentum, but other than that the pacing is pretty good.

The ending wrapped the story up nicely. It might be a bit too clean for some, but I still enjoyed it.

Overall, I liked the story and loved the world it's set in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Death of parent

danka66's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Death, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

delaneybull's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

Very dated, throws in a heavy pour of misogyny and a sprinkle of transphobia too.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia

_nem_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This is my go to book whenever I'm in a reading slump. I can just whizz through the pages and it gets me excited about reading again. I like how there are almost two stories running in parallel with real life and the world inside the OASIS. The world building is amazing and could be expanded on so much as well. I like the puzzle aspects as well and how it isn't immediately obvious to the characters what the solution is. 

I didn't understand all of the 80s references but that didn't take away from the book. Everything was explained so you could know what it was without having come across that media before. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and War