Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Bus 57: Eine wahre Geschichte by Dashka Slater

57 reviews

anne_shouseofdreams's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia and Fire/Fire injury

mccbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Deadnaming

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

As time has passed The 57 Bus has won multiple awards and made many best books list. As well as the dubious attention of appearing frequently in book challenges.
 

See my blog for an in-depth review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

This book also discusses the drug wars of the 1980s and 90s and mentions a parent incarcerated for drug offenses.

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

2.5

I ready liked some aspects of this book. I've not read a lot of young adult non-fiction and I found it very engaging. I think it tells a very important story about both sides of the crime and how it affected everyone involved and how unfair the US justice system is. 

However, I do think this could really use an update. There are various points where I found the language used outdated and uncomfortable. Also while focusing on an agender teen, it felt like this book fell into its own binary of man and woman, and other. There was very little space in this book for the gender spectrum. 

There were also a few descriptions of people that seemed unnecessary and made me feel kind of uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia and Rape

serena_hien's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

maple_dusk's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater is a book narrating the crime that happened between Richard (he/him), a boy, and Sasha (they/them), an agender teenager. It discusses the event with nuance, and asks questions, including  whether teenage violent offenders should be treated as adults.

To be honest, I can't really find the words to explain this book, nor what I liked or disliked about it. 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Transphobia, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement

Misgendering (graphic)

adrianabananaboo's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide

cheesepuppy's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Wow. It was almost hard to remember this was a real life event. Slater did a phenomenal job in her writing to really make you feel empathy for both people. This is real. You don’t get clean cut right and wrong. The laws aren’t the answer. 

My only wish is that this had been written by or with someone who could have an own voices perspective. Regardless, this was well done. I’m still torn. I care for both people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

Minor: Suicide and Grief

sunnybugz's review against another edition

informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

Read this book for class- a very interesting memoir. As a genderqueer autistic person, I related to Sasha a lot. But as someone who grew up poor and in a rough neighbourhood, I emphasized deeply with Richard. I appreciate the in-depth discussion about the failures of the justice system- especially the juvenile justice system. I appreciate how Richard wasn't made out to be an extreme villain, but rather a teenager who did something terrible but is growing from it. The pacing wasn't my favourite, and the writing felt somewhat flat at times, but the story itself is very important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Racism, and Grief

pollyhall's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail