Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly

16 reviews

knitterscasket's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Gender! Queer! NYC! Early 2000s! Book arts! Conservation! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

kbweis's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Antisemitism, Transphobia, and Violence

blueberry0531's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Homophobia

siriface's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Death, and Homophobia

ameliainthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.75

The story was great and the writing was well done with good flow but the charterers, particularly Dawn, were so dislikable that I nearly DNFed. As a non binary queer person I was particularly excited about a story with an older character coming to terms with their identity but I just couldn’t form any relation to Dawn or her self spiraling hatred. Were it not for the writing of Gertrude’s story and my curiosity of if we’d find out what happened to Marta I would not have been able to finish this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, and Xenophobia

silverhill's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Medical content, Biphobia, Bullying, and Hate crime

Minor: Death, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

dustghosts's review

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

macaronoui's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? N/A

5.0

The book is set in 2003, in NYC (mostly Brooklyn, Upper east side manhattan and Long Island).

We follow Dawn, the narrator a genderqueer/fluid person trying to figure out their identity.

Dawn works in the Metropolitan museum of art as a bookbinder, mostly restoring/repairing books. But really would love to make their own work. Dawn finds a bookcover and letter in German hidden in a book, writting by Getrude to Marta.

Dawn dives into an adventure of sorts, trying to find out more about her. About themselves. 

The book also had a very realistic and beautiful platonic friendship between Dawn and Jae.

The book has a beautiful quality to it and discusses heavy topics in a fluid, natural way, where we as the reader are taken along a journey. It’s written very unpretentiously in an easy way with short, packed chapters, that make you want to keep reading. I think the editing was great in this book, as what is left feels necessary. I will absolutely read more by Jennifer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

kleinekita's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, Transphobia, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Genocide

lesbiankarlmarx's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Hate crime