Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Gender Queer: een memoir by Maia Kobabe

81 reviews

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

erikachung182's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Medical trauma

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cancer and Transphobia

hannahrogers's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Minor: Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, and Medical trauma

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

I applaud Kobabe for being willing to share eir gender journey and identity with a country and a world that is currently saying they don't want to hear it. I see why this book has been banned so much, and it makes me incredibly sad, because e's experience is so relatable in many ways - from the discomfort of being labeled as a girl and separated from the boys, to the obsession with queer fic that makes you worry you're fetishizing people until you realize you're one of them, to the fear of the pap smear, and definitely to the reactions of the cis women who love you and fear you're suffering from internalized misogyny.

That said, Gender Queer does feel rushed and incomplete in places. Some of the transitions are blunt and awkward, and some of the story feels glossed over or pressed for time (specifically, when e goes into the biological explanations for eir gender - that is a lot of info, and fast). I wish it had been longer, more thorough, maybe multiple volumes, though I understand that Kobabe may not want to share that much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Transphobia

-Misgendering (mostly accidental) -Most of the blood is menstrual blood -Note that because this is a graphic novel, everything listed here is visually depicted.

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense

5.0

I'm always trying to learn more about trans experiences. This book was very heartfelt and beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, and Car accident

moose_a_million's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Wow. All the feels. It’s absolutely gut wrenching that this is on so many banned book lists - it’s so wholesome and genuine and could be exactly what someone needs. I feel so blessed to have known this in my lifetime and to know how many other lives this will touch and impact. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

jiscoo's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit

rickireadss's review against another edition

5.0

this is my second memoir, and i am officially convinced i need to read more!! i loved every second of this and am so happy i read this one. while i cannot connect to the feeling's maia experienced in eir adolescence and young adulthood, i found it very informative! 100% recommend this one, especially if you are nonbinary and/or asexual and want to connect to someone who struggled with eir gender identity and sexuality growing up!!

⚠️: dysphoria, medical trauma, blood, medical content, transphobia, homophobia, deadnaming, vomit, excrement, acephobia/arophobia 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Blood, Excrement, and Vomit