Reviews tagging 'Deadnaming'

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

501 reviews

jillaay_h's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Outing, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

theverycraftyvegan's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

An amazing, beautiful, heartbreaking, and uplifting book about Felix, an 18-year-old trans male who doesn’t feel that 'trans' accurately represents his identity. This story follows Felix as he finds his voice, discovers love, pursues his passion, and encounters true friendship.

Be sure to check the content warnings before opening this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

broke's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

alhead32's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

The second half of this blew me away. Omg I was listening to this on a walk in the park and my legs almost gave out. I tried to listen in the car and had to turn it off because I didn’t trust my self to focus enough on driving. I screamed, I cried, I paced, I curled up into a ball. I felt so many emotions listen to this book and all the different ideas on how people in the queer community interact with each other and how to find the right labels, if you need to, how to support all aspects of the community you are a part of, that having different opinions on expression are okay but making someone feel like they don’t belong because their opinion is different than yours is not. I wish i could have had this in high school because there is nothing that explored and so perfectly captured from a high school point of view that felt like a teenager was sharing their life that has made me feel as seen as this book.

Felix finally letting himself have love in his friendships and letting himself experience healthy love made me cry. The growth of Felix and Leah’s friendship may have been my favorite part of the book.

the tropes are stereotypical but as it feels like such a real story and the truth behind them was so well done, who cares. These are the most raw intrinsic feelings I’ve had for a book in years, maybe ever. I’ve never let myself feel as deeply as these characters, especially in front of others, and honestly I am inspired. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia

Moderate: Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Toxic friendship

beansreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol

ashmak06's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, and Transphobia

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

3.75

Style/writing: 3 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 3.5 stars
Plot: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Stalking

Minor: Racism, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

zgreyz's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Outing

mirandaburel's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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

3.5

Not totally sure how I feel about this book. I think the story was good but the pacing felt odd to me. Felt like there was a lot going on (questioning identity, bullying, difficult relationships with parents, trying to figure out thesis, etc) that had good bones, but needed to dither: 
1. Trim some of that out and focus on only a few topics so you can get more meat to it while still making it short and readable for YA. 
 Or 2. Commit to being super long and go into deeper detail. 

Idk the stakes felt kind of high but mostly low and Felix wasn’t a super likable MC. That said, it’s a very unique and complex story and it should be told. I think a lot of people reading this will really get something out of it! 

I think if I read this when it was first pubbed I would have loved it, but now that I’m a few years out it doesn’t hit the same. 

But overall still enjoyed and would probably recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Transphobia

Minor: Deadnaming and Religious bigotry

hanross94's review

challenging hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming and Transphobia