Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

13 reviews

hiiamkye's review

challenging emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Yet another graphic novel banger.

I absolutely inhaled this in one sitting. I want the next chapter. The next part. The next decade.

I hope that Maia has found even more gender euphoria, e deserves it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Outing, and Toxic friendship

readingbrb's review

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Dysphoria

Minor: Blood, Medical content, Outing, and Toxic friendship

antijeffbozo_love2read's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Transphobia, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Injury/gore is metaphorical and features a character impaled on a spike in a couple of different instances. It metaphorically represents emotional/physical pain and features some amount of blood, nothing else. Blood warning mainly applies to menstrual blood.

theskyboi's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

charliemaigne's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Hate crime

autumnk3lly's review

inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I don’t think words can describe how much this book effected me. I only picked it up because my Queer Lit professor mentioned it was currently one of the most banned books in the country. I identify as cisgender, but there were so many other parts that really hit hard; Eir struggle with eir’s sexuality and confusion on who they are. I can’t really describe it. I HATE how this book is heavily banned and censored; i think every queer person should read it eventually. I read it cover to cover in about two hours

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic friendship

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

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Wow. All the feels. It’s absolutely gut wrenching that this is on so many banned book lists - it’s so wholesome and genuine and could be exactly what someone needs. I feel so blessed to have known this in my lifetime and to know how many other lives this will touch and impact. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

sarahmae531's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

I’ve been trying to dip my toes into more graphic novels, and this was a great book to start with! Not only are the illustrations beautiful, but Maia’s story is very informative and educational when it comes to gender queer and non-binary people. 
A super quick read, read in one sitting, and would definitely recommend to any one, especially those looking to learn more about gender identities. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria