Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Trumpet by Jackie Kay

10 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

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Body shaming

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

 The trumpet player at the heart of Trumpet is Joss Moody, a Black jazz musician. The novel opens with his wife Millie grieving his death. And what a devastating, poignant bittersweet chapter that was. I don’t think I’ve read grief written better or more lovingly, nor felt it more viscerally. Unfortunately Millie is not able to grieve in peace because Joss’s death has revealed a secret that shocked many (but not Millie who has long known about it ) and a tabloid journalist is determined to write a tell-all expose. Joss and Millie’s son Colman, shocked by the revelation and upset by its nature, is assisting her. I love that we heard from multiple voices during the novel. Each revealed more about Joss as a person and traversed different attitudes to his secret, attitudes that revealed far more about them than they did about Joss. The characterisation was excellent. Both Colman’s story arc and the final chapter, a letter written by Joss, were satisfying. This is a story about the love between a man and his wife, and between father and son. It’s the story of a man who chose to live life his authentically, despite some costs. Its exploration of issues surrounding tabloid journalism and the public’s obsession with the private lives of public figures was thought provoking and timely. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism

doramag's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Grief, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Colonisation, Transphobia, and Death of parent

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

cwgrieves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

rrb101's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I personally wouldn't have chosen to read this book if I didn't have to for uni. But in a way, I'm glad I did. I did enjoy the book. I think it was really well written. Certain aspects made me mad (this was intentional) and could be quite triggering for some, but I found the overall story quite beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism and Sexual content

Minor: Fatphobia

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

bina07's review

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Racism, Outing, Dysphoria, and Death of parent