Reviews tagging 'Outing'

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

95 reviews

saomah5566's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Outing

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Cute and interesting YA story that features a member of a boy band and a mega-fan of said band and the unexpected ways that their lives collide. I thought mental-health and LGBTQIA+ issues were dealt with well in this book. Not my favorite of Oseman’s books, but definitely a good, quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Transphobia, Biphobia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Grief, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Islamophobia, Death, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, and Misogyny

laurensgaylife's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Outing

thorney's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Mental illness, and Outing

fairy_internet's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Stalking, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia, Outing, Death, and Medical content

neko_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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? Yes

3.5

 so let me get one thing straight about alice oseman: I LOVE the way she portrays teenagers in her books. her characters are always done so well and they always feel so realistic. i also love the way she portrays mental health and issues like anxiety, panic attacks, etc. i love alive oseman in general lol

now this book was really good, but I kind of don't know how to feel about it? Like there were certain parts that I really loved, but I was also kind of bored for a good part of the book.

now lets talk about the first half (angel/fereshtahs half). i love the ark and I love the way angel and juliet (calling angel angel because I can actually spell it properly) love the ark, and I know that if the ark was real I would probably also be a fangirl. i also love how they weren't portrayed as like annoying teenagers that go way too far for their fandom, and how they are kind of compared to the crazy fans. now mac. mac genuinely sucks and I hate him lol.

moving on to jimmys part of the story, I LOVE the dynamics between each member of the ark and the way they all have their individual problems and fears and loves, and how they deal with those problems as a whole. i LOVE the way rowan supports jimmy through his anxiety and panic attacks. and by the end, I loved the relationships between each character in the trio. and people say trios don't work lol.

now the end of the book. i LOVED so much of what was going on, but at the same time some of it felt kinda drawn out longer than it needed to be. and then the actual ending ending. well safe to say I did not see that coming. that ending hit out of NO WHERE. like yes I was expecting something to happen but what actually happened??? damn.

anyway 3.5 isn't a bad rating, and it might change as I have more time to think about the book and what actually happened. as always I still recommend this book as well as the rest of alice osemans books :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Addiction

Minor: Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Outing

lettuce_read's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Outing

filipacmiranda's review against another edition

3.5

I Was Born for This follows the lead singer of a successful boy band and a teenage girl from their fandom. While Angel Rahimi lives her dream and gets ready not only to meet her idols but to be at a live concert, Jimmy Kaga-Ricci and the rest of The Ark deal with the consequences of fame: speculations made by their fans. 

When I started reading Alice Oseman’s third book, I was afraid the story would become like the ones we find in fanfiction. Despite the slightly unrealistic way the events unfold, that didn’t happen. Overall, I found myself thinking it focused on the characters and their personal development while addressing relevant matters regarding the relationship between artists and fans.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia and Outing

lportilla's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcoholism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Outing, and Transphobia

cecilielaugesen's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I’m having a hard time reviewing this book, because even though there were things I didn’t like, I overall enjoyed the book.
Things I did not like:
1. I thought the plot was weird, and at times it made me a little uncomfortable…
2. Some of the characters!
3. While I liked that it deals with some bigger topics such as identity and mental health, I did not like how it felt glossed over.

It was basically every page that had some variation of “I hate myself so much I don’t want to be alive”, and at no point did they actually address it properly.

Also would definitely recommend checking the trigger warnings before reading:)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Alcoholism

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Outing, and Stalking