Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean

8 reviews

sglance9's review

emotional reflective slow-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: Sexual assault and Bullying

Moderate: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Incest

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

A bunch of people were waiting for the book and I’m in a borderline slump so I felt guilty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Alcoholism

Minor: Incest and Racism

anacereading's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Transphobia, and Homophobia

lilyrooke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

 are you looking for a 90s-vibe, MG epistolary novel from the perspective of a trans child who is being sexually abused by his father?
read this if you enjoyed: other painful, unflinching trauma narratives.
rep: questioning, trans MC; Black queer-coded best friend.
cw: child sexual abuse; incest; transphobia; bullying; homophobia; dissociation; trauma; suicide ideation; parental incarceration; institutional racism

Haunting. Painful. This is a book I wish I hadn't read, in all honesty. But perhaps someday I'll feel different, and I'll know it helped guide me along my own river. Please pay attention to the content warnings; this book does not play nice.

CAWPILE: 7.7 (4*)
favourite aspect: Rowan's friendship with Sofie offered a beautiful ray of light. I cheered when Mr B left Rowan the note with his phone number, but as the author says, it's rare that a sexually abused child would reach out to another adult, so it's our responsibility to keep looking out for them.
a wish: Content. warnings. save. lives. and. should. be. mandatory. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Bullying, Transphobia, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

matthiasreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, and Sexual assault

jeamar82's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

naomiysl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful slow-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

4.0

Extremely well written, and also I feel like I've just had my heart beaten to a bloody pulp. Is that a good thing? Depends on what you're going for, I suppose. Sensitive handling of a large number of difficult topics:
the experience of being a trans kid
coming into ones sexuality as an adolescent
transphobia and homophobia
parental incarceration
incest/sexual abuse 

it's...a pretty big list. Treat yourself gently after reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Addiction, Bullying, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Self harm

moth2rae's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

As a genderfluid trans masc person, this book was really important to me. Fantastic for readers of any age. It is coming-of-age story about friendship, broken homes, and self-acceptance. It addresses the experience of growing up trans and queer and growing up in an unaccepting household and society. CW: implied incest and sexual assault.
 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Incest