Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

337 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

maxandrambo's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Dysphoria

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Cancer

hawksrye's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Alcohol

marveledspectre's review

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Dysphoria

Moderate: Homophobia, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer and Acephobia/Arophobia

amylangdown_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

An absolutely gorgeous graphic novel/comic all about Maia’s experience of being nonbinary and asexual. So many things mentioned in this really struck a chord with me. Would really recommend (I read it in 2 hours!!)

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Content Warnings

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

saskia_ej's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Minor: Excrement

jay_fl0ws's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I saw myself in Maia’s story and that’s rare for me. I appreciated the vulnerability and vivid depictions of  everyday experiences that are actually painful and distressing - like misgendering, medical appointments, shopping and conversations with allosexual and/or cisgender people — moments that people who are not trans or GNC or asexual don’t tend to grasp. This is a short but useful read that can be cathartic and comforting for those who relate or educational and eye opening for those who don’t. the ending felt cut short, but maybe that’s a good sign that I wanted more from em! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

dblue236's review

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

The current state of the country I live in has recently prompted me to start intentionally stocking challenged or banned books in my Little Free Library, so I purchased a copy of this one for that purpose and finally sat down to read it for myself to see what all the outrage was about.

Spoiler alert: It's much less about the book itself than it's about the fact that the people screaming loudest about it have never read a single page of it. 

Folks, a book being a graphic novel does not automatically mean it was written for children, or is geared toward children, or is in any way a "children's book." You're looking to ban a book from public schools when it's intended for, really, people in their 20s and 30s. There are no depictions of "children having sex" or "child nudity" in this book since the only time there is any sex or nudity included, the characters are adults in grad school. There is mention of things regarding gender identity and sexuality that the author experienced as a child, and that is where anything relating to children stops. 

In the future, please educate yourselves BEFORE you start blindly trying to ban books. This one is nothing other than the author's very personal, very painful experience presented in a format that makes it more relatable and straightforward. There is as much explicit content in some of the "classic literature" that you insist children read in school as there is in this book, and I applaud the author for having the tenacity to share a story as personal as this one- even though I can't necessarily understand or relate to it myself. Ya know. Like decent people do. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Minor: Incest

sbookreader's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

georeadss's review

informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

 A wonderful and honest book about the hardships and joys surrounding gender and sexuality. I enjoyed this book, and devoured it in one sitting. I connected and resonated with the story, even though I am cis myself, I have been on my own sexuality and gender journey, and I am grateful that Kobabe was able to share eir story with us. 

This is the first time I’ve read a graphic novel, and it has opened up a whole new genre for me. I adored the illustrations, particularly on pages 67 and 128. You could tell that all the illustrations and text were conscious decisions, enabling the reader to truly feel the emotions during each scene. 

Although not banned in Australia, this book has been challenged in the courts, which is such a disservice to our LGBTIQ+ people. I encourage anyone and everyone to read this book, even if you’re not apart of the community. This is an important story that deserves to be told. I borrowed this book but will be purchasing my own copy when I can.

I would love to know more about Kobabe’s story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Dysphoria

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Transphobia