Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Trumpet by Jackie Kay

6 reviews

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-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

Brilliant character study but the writing held me at a distance emotionally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Outing, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Dysphoria, Terminal illness, Racism, Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Classism

nightfell's review

challenging emotional informative 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? Yes

Hard to read, but presents a realistic view of public opinions towards trans people in 1990s Britain.
Huge trigger warning for trans phobia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Outing, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content

noahsingh's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Outing, Racism, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Body shaming

Minor: Dementia, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Homophobia

nonfictionfeminist's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Based on the life of Billy Tipton

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Outing, and Transphobia

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, and Racism

sorcha's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Homophobia

Minor: Deadnaming, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

laurenjbooks's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia

Minor: Homophobia