Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Transition, Baby: A Novel by Torrey Peters

71 reviews

annabulkowski's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Classism

rionstorm's review against another edition

2.75

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 I really wanted to like this, but it kind of just feels like watching my least favourite kind of trans people do things that make me sad on loop with no resolution or change. I don't think I liked a single character in it? There were a few moments that made me go Wow! because they hit on something very real and true about being trans, but there were more moments that just equated being trans to being exactly the miserable caricature cis people think of us as? I am sad that I didn't like it.  Also please I beg, enough with the weird "transfems in opposition to transmascs" / "transmascs have it so easy" / "transmascs and transfems arent REALLY friends" narrative? So not realistic and so not helpful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts

violetends's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment

charlottemmeline's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

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This book was simultaneously one of the most beautiful, stressful and at times horrifying things I've ever read. Obsessed and am in a state of shock having finished it. Everyone should read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment

jessthanthree's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Pregnancy, Outing

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming, Mental illness, Car accident

catherine_alice's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Gave me a lot to think about...it presents messy people who are flawed and not necessarily likeable but we're open to all their hurt and vulnerablity and shame which makes them so human and therefore loveable? Found some of it made me uncomfortable in a challenging good way, I think. Interesting insight into trans women's culture and taboo sex acts that don't get talked about in non fiction books about the trans community. I think I'll be thinking about this book for a while, trying to understand it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Pregnancy

Moderate: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Grief, Abortion

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

4.75

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Xenophobia, Stalking, Dysphoria

Minor: Eating disorder, Genocide, Antisemitism, Death of parent

mayan03's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Transphobia, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Pregnancy

zoonewrevues's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book envoked so many complicated emotions and was quite an easy read. I love that is is actual trans literature by and for trans people. The characters made me go through all the stages of grief from their various decisions.

the ending was not what I had hoped for but it is still very good

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Transphobia, Abortion, Suicide attempt

jdamae11's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Racism, Abortion