Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

19 reviews

anni_swanilda's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cancer and Transphobia

nerdysread's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

5.0

Thanks to NetGalley I had the occasion to read the deluxe edition. And honestly the introduction, the afterword and the extra made this perfect book into a better than Perfect book. I love it, one of my favourite

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Cancer

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This is a memoir of Maia Kobabe coming into eir own and figuring out that gender is not as straightforward as many people would like us to believe. The book is brutally honest and beautifully illustrated. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot of things that I wasn't privy to before reading. 

Supporting Maia and eir work is really important to me, because over the past week, this book was in the news, and not for reasons that I would want it to be. Republicans in Virginia decided to sue em, claiming that some "obscenity laws" have been broken. To find anything obscene about this book is to be completely ignorant, lacking in context or nuance, and to not understand that this is a BOOK FOR ADULTS. There are sensitive images within the book, but they aid in the storytelling which is the entire point of graphic novels. 

I talk about this because I'd like to shine light on this current issue and also I think books that are banned and challenged ESPECIALLY for bigot-ass-reasons should be read and reviewed even *harder.* 

This book is currently on Kindle Unlimited if you have it - if you are interested, give it a read, give it a review, and give it more exposure to its intended audience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Misogyny and Excrement

there is a "character" (a real person bc it's a memoir but i feel weird just saying 'a person' ) in this book who says some terfy things to Maia and I think that should be noted.

middumullu's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

really useful, i loved the illustrations and the author's honesty. there wasn't a strong conclusion to the book, but that kind of makes sense - life goes on and our ideas change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Bullying and Cancer

medical trauma - in relation to pap smears sexual content - a several panels featuring genitals or characters having sex (mostly from other stories)

ayerite's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Must read for anyone who wants a glimpse into the self-discovery journey of a non-binary person. Recommend by a gender-questioning friend as it they related very heavily to a lot fo the scenarios/themes.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer and Self harm

Mentions of dysmorphia, negative self-talk

leahlovesloslibros's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

This memoir written in graphic novel form was raw and emotional, but so beautiful. This is the author's story of working through eir gender and sexuality issues, some of which seem to be yet unresolved. As an allosexual cis person, I really appreciated being able to learn about Maia's experiences as an asexual, non-binary individual. Maia writes with such candor and honesty, even as e mentions several times that e never intended to write eir story at all. 

The only small issue I had with this book was that the format seemed somewhat choppy, like we were just jumping from one topic to another without transition. It did make it a little bit tricky to read at times. Some readers may not have this same issue. That said, I think this book is something that everyone could learn from, and would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about asexuality and gender fluidity. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer and Misogyny

Additional TW/CW: Harry Potter references, gender norms/expectations, periods/menstruation and blood, gender dysphoria, masturbation, nudity (illustrated)

nata_c's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content

Minor: Cancer

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

An incredibly honest and beautiful memoir. It's just so lovely to see someone find themselves in a way that is so outside of the norm, even when their norm was different to begin with. One thing I liked that e shows that even in the most loving, nontraditional families, there are conflicts to coming out and pushing against the expectations that people have of you and how you are supposed to be. And there's just so much love and empathy for everyone in this book. It's just lovely all around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Vomit, and Acephobia/Arophobia

nyoom's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma