Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

17 reviews

rwalker101's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

 This starts out slow, and the pacing is sometimes jerky, but overall I enjoyed it! Despite the fact, or perhaps because of the fact, that it combines bug & body horror, two of the most effective horror categories for me. Yeuck. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Biphobia, Colonisation, and Racism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Alcoholism

amberghinii's review against another edition

Writing style, slow, I normally love atmospheric but it wasn't holding my attention. I did enjoy commentary on colonialism, racism, bi-phobia, identity issues.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Body horror, Classism, Biphobia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Racism

motaki's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

A nice concept ruined by an absolutely stilted rythm, not many things were happening plotwise and most of them were so confusing I almost DNF.
I really liked the parts focused on how white colonialism is the worst and the world is still full of racist POS, would have loved more mother/daughter quality time. 
And I get that Jade is an angry teen but she wronged and hurt everyone that loved her, it wasn't the best choice as a narrator IMO. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Biphobia, Body horror, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide, Eating disorder, Murder, Racial slurs, Classism, Car accident, Racism, Slavery, and Xenophobia

suzylit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gore, Biphobia, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Xenophobia

nerp's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is the best haunted house story I’ve read. Incredibly lyrical on the line level, cathartic in its themes, and an absolute mess of a main character who is a tender and sharp rendering of the oldest daughter of Asian immigrants who is also queer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Biphobia

If you’re freaked out by bugs or fungi, tread cautiously.

If you’re squeamish about things like that in food, also be wary

displacedcactus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

This book was almost impossible to put down. I tore through it, even though I rarely read horror and there was some disturbing stuff on the page. I really found Jade an instantly relatable character. While I, as a white woman, cannot directly relate to her experience as a Vietnamese-American teen who doesn't feel wholly at home in the US or in the country of her parents' birth, I can definitely remember being on the cusp of 18 and angry and at odds with my family. Jade's emotions feel so real and well-portrayed, giving me a lot of empathy for what it must be like to be in diaspora and have to deal with the legacy of issues like colonization and being the child of refugees.

This very complex human character serves to anchor a story that can otherwise feel a bit like a fever dream.

If you're not a big horror reader, make sure to check the content warnings to decide if this is a good book for dipping your toes into the genre!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Vomit, Racism, Homophobia, and Biphobia

In addition to general spooky ghost vibes, a lot of the horror in this book revolves around food and insects. Some of the reaction to food horror could read similar to disordered eating. Keep this in mind if you have a special ick around food or bugs, or if you are concerned about ED.

ellaandcoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Death of parent, Biphobia, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

Minor: Car accident