Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

11 reviews

sadhbhprice's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Mental illness, Biphobia, and Ableism

Minor: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Blood, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

jkreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

4.5

This was such a wonderful book! I adored the relationships that formed over the course of this story, both romantic and platonic. I felt that this book handled some incredibly sensitive topics with grace and care, not dancing around them but also not falling into trauma porn. 

It was so refreshing to read a book written from the perspective of an autistic person with selective mutism, I’ve read books in the past with an autistic MC but I think this is the first one I’ve read that had that added mutism/nonverbal component. I’m not part of the autistic community however I’m always looking for more stories with good rep! There was some ADHD rep and this is a community I AM a part of, I felt the small glimpse we got to see of that was pretty well done.

There were also a range of different sexualities and gender expressions represented throughout the book and I felt these were weaved in well - they didn’t feel tokenistic or forced, just realistic and representative of a typical high school and of society as a whole.

Overall I adored this book, the audio narration was a wonderful easy listen and I fell in love with the characters very quickly.  The way they loved and looked out for each other was so beautiful.

Definitely be mindful of content warnings going in to this one, as I mentioned earlier it addresses some topics that may be triggering for some.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Bullying

Minor: Biphobia

skye_era_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

Literally 5 million stars. Please note that this deals with rape/SA. I absolutely love the main characters. I’ve never read about a semi-mute autistic person so this was so interesting to read from their perspective! Such an amazing sound family trope, even if they came together for such a horrible reason. I’m so glad they all have each other and that

Luis Ortega was brought to justice!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, Ableism, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Cursing

Minor: Biphobia

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Biphobia, and Cursing

sundayfever's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

This is the YA revenge fic I needed. Wish all the real life SA stories ended in such a satisfying way. Queer and neurodivergent POC  characters kick ass. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Rape, and Ableism

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Biphobia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Minor: Cursing, Racism, and Dysphoria

buttermellow's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Bullying, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

Minor: Biphobia

courtnoodles's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Biphobia, Infidelity, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

Minor: Abandonment

maddiemooney's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Bullying, Ableism, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Biphobia

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Ableism, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Bullying, and Biphobia

gabbyjc's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely LOVED this book. I love the all the representation in this book. From being a self-diagnosed autistic to

non-binary

representation. When I read this, I could truly see myself in all of the characters and their flaws and their thought processes (not Luis and his gang thought, of course). The way that panic attacks and autistic shut downs are portrayed in this book are so accurate, and the feelings that you go through after being sexually assaulted. All in all, this book just made my little queer autistic heart SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Dysphoria, Ableism, and Biphobia

The sexual assaults do not take place on page, but they are mentioned.