Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition by Maia Kobabe

277 reviews

nenaveenstra's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

This book was kind of all over the place in content, but the art style was pretty and I think it's important that books like these exist so queer kids don't feel so alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content

theskyboi's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Medical content, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Vomit, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

cartbark's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

wad3mil3sgarru2's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

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

aulman2's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

buttercat42's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.0

Kobabe mentions a few times in the book that e was historically reluctant to share details of eir life and sadly, I think it shows. This would have felt more meaningful as a memoir if there was focus on the deeper meaning of a few important scenarios rather than just a general overview of eir entire life from birth to publishing. 

The more I reflect on this book, the less I like it. While I don’t agree with book bans of any kind, as a queer person I don’t think it provides a particularly helpful or useful lens through which to examine sexuality and gender or the way they operate in society. I wouldn’t give it to a teen to read not because I think it’s inappropriate but because I don’t think it has anything substantial to say about queer identity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dysphoria, and Medical trauma

saracat's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

I greatly appreciated Kobabe  sharing so much of eir story. And I think the graphic novel format really supports the telling of eir journey. I did struggle with the jumping around from topic to topic. Sometimes I could see the connection line from one thing to the next. But I couldn’t always. And found myself struggling to understand where different things fit within a timeline as a result. However, I do expect I’ll read this book again. And I feel sure I’ll follow and understand better now that I have a general idea of Kobabe’s story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Sexual content

gcrkl's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria, Acephobia/Arophobia, Medical trauma, and Blood

nokreadingnook's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria and Blood