Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Every Day by David Levithan

31 reviews

rampion's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Transphobia, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

someonelikeblue's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

+ the writing is very good, lots of beautiful sentences to be found
+ the different lives and observations on relationship dynamics are executed well
+ Queer (mostly gay) Rep
+ captivating portrayal of depression

- love (or more so, obsession) at first sight, and the romance bits can get repetitive as the question of "should we, should we not" is brought up often
- the chapter with a trans character is bad, extremely cis/outdated language
- excruciating, horribly detailed, dehumanizing fatphobia in another chapter...
- no person the protagonist inhabits is ever disabled?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

islejazz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

casreads's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No

I was sailing through this book until I got to the wildly fatphobic chapter. Trigger and spoiler warning for the following quote:

A describes the 300 pound boy they currently inhabit: "his size comes from negligence and laziness, a carelessness that would be pathological if it had any meticulousness to it. While I’m sure if I access deep enough I will find some well of humanity, all I can see on the surface is the emotional equivalent of a burp."

It really undermines the book's overall message that it's what's on the inside that counts, and reinforces some very harmful and pervasive stereotypes. Pretty much ruined the book for me - and the main thing I remember about it 2 years later.

The premise is fascinating and I wish it was explored more in depth. I was much more interested in that than the romance, and in hindsight the romance is even less appealing -

throughout the book, I assumed the connection A felt to Rhiannon was related to their body-jumping and had some bigger purpose, but that seems not to be the case.

Ultimately the potential of the story made it a page-turner, but the ending left me underwhelmed.

The treatment of a trans character also wasn't great, and overall the book was a little purple prose-y.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Minor: Transphobia

lain_darko's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia, Transphobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

matheo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Misogyny and Car accident

onion's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

memorable's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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? No

3.75

Das Buch ist stellenweise richtig gut, nur muss ich gestehen, dass ich mit Rhiannon irgendwie nicht warm geworden bin. In A konnte ich mich sehr gut hineinversetzen und mochte den Charakter gerne.
Am Ende ist einiges offen geblieben. 

Und ich finde es schade, dass sie auf dem Cover des Hörbuchs und auch in der Beschreibung des Buches aus A einen Jungen gemacht haben.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Death and Blood

ssgcedits's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

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

2.75

Fantastic premise, agonisingly poor execution. Although there is some exploration of the intricacies of waking up as a different person since birth, the bulk of the book is wasted on a completely unnecessary romance and, by the time the protagonist gets close to understanding how and why that's been happening... the book ends--with more romantic considerations, of course. A complete disappointment. I'm glad I got it from the library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, and Bullying