Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Transition, Baby: A Novel by Torrey Peters

43 reviews

lily_peach's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Outing

Minor: Body shaming

squidknees's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

butcherbird's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Pregnancy, Outing

Moderate: Body shaming, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

emjcn's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The NUANCE!!! I feel so seen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Abortion, Outing, Dysphoria

Moderate: Drug use, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

lovegriefandgender's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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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It's tough being trans. As I was reading Detransition, Baby a 16-year old trans girl was murdered in London, and unable to articulate so much rush of feeling I turned hungrily, savagely back to the pages of the book. It seems to be a place, being trans, of endless longing and therefore endless loss, where we are summoned to question our own pain and circular motions and regret and suffering against any other group who had experienced any of those things. I don't think we're brave. Not really. I think we live in an interrogated space, a grey space, where no future can be known as fact.  Then we have to ask what we want: motherhood? Career? Love? Sex? Most of us would be happy just to have something meaningful to say. Yeah. This is where we live. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria

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

coolfoolmoon's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I hate contemporary references in books–most readers do–but I can't exactly explain what sets this book apart from the others. With most books I think, This had the potential to be timeless, but unfortunately they made reference to [insert pop culture moment that was probably already out of date by the time the book was published]. Not here, though. In fact I argue it is a strength of the book. Something about it makes me feel like despite the references to now / pre-pandemic / mid- to late 2010s, this book will be regarded as a queertrans time capsule. It could be studied in 300 level university courses, and honestly it probably will be sooner than you think. I'm very excited to see what Miss Peters has in store next. I will be pre-ordering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Transphobia, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Car accident, Suicide attempt

There needs to be a tag for slurs that aren't racial.

cwgrieves's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Outing

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Body shaming, Deadnaming

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Body shaming, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria

iamaplant's review against another edition

0.75

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The writing is good, the story is not. 

The premise is stupid (I don't say that lightly), the two trans characters are unlikeable and one is unredeemable. Racism, sexism both present on a regular basis in this. Author went pretty deep on fetishes but didn't quite pull off the point I think they were going for. I'm horrified this book is out there representing the trans fem community. This book gives the impression it was written by someone that doesn't actually like or much respect trans women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Classism