Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

26 reviews

rebeccajost's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Torture, Medical content, Trafficking, and Death of parent

implied adult/minor relationship, regarding trasphobia & dysphoria:

surgical transition and changing of someone's body without their consent

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria, and War

Minor: Cursing, Racism, and Alcohol

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Transphobia and Alcohol

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense

• 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Sexual content and Transphobia

illogical's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Minor: Child abuse and Transphobia

macayhill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Medical trauma

luckykosmos's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.75

Fascinated to see where this one goes. An interesting world built, the political factions build off common tropes and fleshes them out  beautifully for this world. I loved seeing the perspectives of Lito and the First Sister ebb and flow as information is presented to them, and how the twist pulls them into each other's orbits. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Transphobia

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Transphobia

forthesanityof1's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Oh god did I love this book. The premise really caught me in the beginning and I love the way the author engaged with the world-building over the course of the book to build into the plot issues as well. The way the language with the names of the different races was created particularly stood out to me. The plot was super intriguing in a nice mix of political intrigue, war, and personal stakes that made it a page-turner. I loved the writing style along with the three perspectives utilized by the author. First Sister's POV was my favorite but Lito and Hiro's were also really well done. I also appreciated the overall queer-ness of the book and world. I like that the ending especially had a lot of impact with reveals about a certain character and what actually happened. If I wasn't exhausted, I could draw a lot of parallels to issues we see in our world with queer, women, and more specifically trans issues as well. I'm dying to get my hands on the second one once it's out in paperback. If there was one thing for me to criticize, it was that the pacing sometimes reflected the author's intention to set up for the rest of the trilogy in a way that was a touch obvious, but that's being super nit-picky. Also hoping for a poly relationship in the end, so fingers crossed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Mental illness specifically refers to the revelation that

the First Sister has DID or dissociative identity disorder due to her experiences and Lito deals with PTSD/flashbacks/panic attacks/reliving physical sensations

. I included tags about rape and sexual assault due to the

nature of the Sisterhood and the tasks they are expected to perform for those that want it regardless of the Sister's consent.

thegr8estangell's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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? No

5.0

It's queer. It's in space. It has politics, religion, war crimes. What's not to like? I absolutely loved this book. I ordered the second book before I was even halfway done. I love this author. She will be an insta-buy for me going forward. I thought this book was so well done. The world well thought out and well fleshed out. I loved the way she included her partner in there (He was the first president of Venus). I thought her portrayal of a non-binary character was awesome! This has become one of my new favourite space operas. The plot twists, the betrayal were all so finely done. Most authors struggle to have two separate POVs in 1st person. A lot of the time, it sounds like the same person twice. Hers did not do that. That is a feat in and of itself. I love it when two characters start off on opposite sides of the plot, completely unaware of the other, and their actions affect the other in someway where they end up coming together at the end. That is my absolute favourite plot device and she just crushed it. Bravo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, and War

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment