Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith

49 reviews

the13thmagdalena'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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, and Racism

d_fine001's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Bullying, Deadnaming, and Outing

dealingwithdragons's review

emotional funny hopeful informative 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: Bullying, Lesbophobia, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Outing, Violence, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism

ryan_rajp's review

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Deadnaming, Outing, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

nerdysread's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

A really good book about a trans teen who wants to who wants to live a « normal » Life. But then he falls in love and he starts questioning himself and ignore has to tell the girl he loves if he’s trans. 

Also his friend wants him to come out. Not hide himself and live his true self. 

So Pony has to navigate a new life trying to be a new Him, without loosing himself. 

But seriously some things really felt problematic. Like Georgia feeling betrayed because Pony didn’t tell her he’s trans. Like??? It’s dangerous. Max pressuring Pony to come out. But for this I kinda of get both of their pov on the question. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

anniereads221's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Bullying, Deadnaming, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence

Misgendering HP references

bcat0124's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Outing

cryscries's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I’m being generous about the rating because genuinely the first half of the book was cute - cringe but cute. The second half was not as great and overall there was just a lot of things about this book that I wish was developed a bit better.

Pros: there is a trigger warning in one of the pages before the story begins in the paperback version.

Cons:

1. It was hard to root for the main two characters - especially the main love interest. Georgia is supposed to represent probably a typical cis person reaction but i found it so hard to feel bad for her and her issues. I find her to be rather self centered (even tho she is characterized to kinda be insecure) - throughout the story even though she “gets better” as a person it still doesn’t make up for how she’s acted in the rest of the book. Very passive with standing up for her friends and pony, thoughts of outing him out of jealousy, definitely needs new friends who should be supportive.

2. Everything kinda just works out in the end for pony but it feels a little lack luster in the end of how he gets to where he is - his change feels more said than done.

3. Major problems with the side character max- tho I feel there was a lot of stereotypes in this book, o felt Max’s character was rather toxic. FIRST THINGS FIRST, you do not need to come out if you are not ready and you do not need to come out to show that you are supportive of the community. Do things at your own time. I had problems with max being rather pushy towards pony in wanting him to come out when it is definitely not safe to, have him drop the friendship because pony doesn’t want to be out, and then says he’s proud of pony for coming out at the cost of being beaten up because “it happens everyday” 

There were some cute moments in this book but there was too much problems to overlook that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Bullying, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Deadnaming, and Suicidal thoughts

peytonsreads's review

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

ahhh, i adored this. as a cis person, it is really important to read diversely and learn about trans people’s experiences. i think the story of pony was a perfect read. 

stay gold does not shy away from the difficult parts of being trans. i found myself feeling upset, distraught, and angry for our main character. in a world where transphobia surrounds him and all he wants to be is //normal//, we see how truly difficult and exhausting that can be. pony’s character is a fantastic representation of how hard it is to live as a trans individual. 

i also really loved the side characters. georgia especially. while there were several points in the book where i was so angry with her, i think that her learning experience can be a model to those of us who aren’t trans. georgia shows us how easy acceptance really is in the end. she is imperfect, but she takes the initiative to learn, which is a really important lesson.

i think stay gold is a fantastic story that teenagers and adults could benefit from, learning how to support the trans people in your life while also gaining insight to the harsh realities of being trans in america. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, and Outing

Moderate: Lesbophobia

amelia_22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Outing, Violence, Homophobia, and Deadnaming