Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

27 reviews

yennsciri's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

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

3.5

horribly sad and brutally honest. a devastating portrait of a young girls life who had to grow up far too fast. 

dragged down at points by weird pacing. but overall good. read triggers closely before starting this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Trafficking

Moderate: Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Gun violence

tsnhjhn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Beautiful lyrical poetic prose. So so heartbreaking and raw. I LOVED the characters and there was amazing development and social commentary. Very difficult but important read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Abandonment, Police brutality, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Transphobia

bambooboy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Transphobia, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Classism, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Vomit, Colonisation, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

abbie_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Addiction, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide and Transphobia

haleshorror's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Self harm, Death of parent, Excrement, Rape, Transphobia, Blood, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, and Suicide

moiracampbell23's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Child death, Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, Police brutality, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Abandonment, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, and Drug abuse

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Trafficking

Minor: Drug abuse and Transphobia

erinmcav's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Transphobia, Child death, and Suicide attempt

clara_mai's review against another edition

4.0

 Streets always find you in the daylight, when you least expect them to. Night crawling up to me when the sun's out.

This is a fantastic debut novel (it's wild to think about that the author is the same age as me). Inspired by real events, it accounts the experience of Kiara, a 17-years-old Black girl in a difficult familial and financial situation getting into sex work and ending up being sexually abused and exploited by a whole ring of of police officers. While revealing the corruption of the police and the justice system, the narrative also centers on Kiara's relationships to the people in her life, both complicated and beautiful. I think this could have been even more powerful if it was overall less metaphorically dense, if the imagery had been reduced in some places so that it would hit even harder in others. Overall though, the prose has great rhythm and storytelling-wise this book is just brilliant.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicide, Rape, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Transphobia

hapikohw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

To be 17 and write something like this, so heavy, with such fullness, grace, lyricism and most importantly - empathy. Wow, we have a writer right here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Rape, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Stalking, Transphobia, Abandonment, Blood, Misogyny, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Violence, and Grief