Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

The World According to Garp by John Irving

5 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

I did not like it 😬 Most of the time I was either bored or irritated, interspersed with short periods of false hope that the story might finally be getting interesting.

The writing was engaging, humorous and honestly very skillful, but it doesn’t make up for a story that just didn’t hold my interest at all. I would have DNF’ed after the first chapter if I hadn’t been so curious to know what people actually like about this book (I didn’t find out).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Acephobia/Arophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Transphobia, Ableism, Blood, Cursing, and Deadnaming

Minor: Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, and War

innae's review against another edition

funny sad 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? Yes

3.75

This is a very odd story.  I enjoyed it, but it is weird.  Interspersed with stories written by Garp, we read of his life.   And oddly, lots of plot are particular to todays world…50 years after it was written.  Sad that we really have not come all that far in many aspects.   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

ariel_bloomer's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia and Suicidal thoughts

ran_sophia's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

Sometimes it seemed to me that the author was a little too detailed, when he was describing the story. But otherwise the book was quite well read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Infidelity, and Transphobia

kalixtus's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective relaxing sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Transphobia, Car accident, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Infidelity