Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

11 reviews

rennyrocket's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Biphobia, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Hate crime

leanniefae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Outing, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Biphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

sssssoup's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

This is a very important book, but it’s definitely not for everyone. It handles some very heavy subject matter, and I would highly recommend you know what you’re getting into before you start reading (the author did include content warnings at the front of the book though).

That said, I really did love reading this book. I was on the edge of my seat from beginning to end, I couldn’t put it down. The way it’s written is very engaging, and I was dying to find out what happened next. The characters also feel very realistic and I thought the author struck a good balance with how they all reacted to the incredibly stressful and traumatizing situations. 

While this is definitely a very dark story with some very chilling elements, it’s hopeful as well. It’s ultimately about breaking the cycle of abuse and trauma and making sure that bad things don’t happen to more people in the future. As a queer person myself, I found it really interesting how the author managed to balance queer joy and queer pain. This book will stick with me, and I’ll be thinking about it for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Outing, Sexism, Sexual content, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Transphobia, Biphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

Damn, this was really intense.

Despite the fact that the timeframe for this book was absolutely bonkers, I really enjoyed this. Something about this book really touched my heart and had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Definitely check the content warnings before reading it but it's really good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual content

Minor: Transphobia, Biphobia, Religious bigotry, and Gun violence

venuscollective's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Outing, and Grief

Minor: Biphobia, Dysphoria, and Racism

elissareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Homophobia, Suicide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Biphobia and Islamophobia

This is a book about a conversion therapy camp. Be aware of the triggers but know that ultimately, queer people win in the end.

itsocchiolism's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

The main character, Connor, is a breath of fresh air. His way of thinking and speaking feels real. All the intrusive thoughts, doubts, the sass, the wit, spectacular!! 

This book was heartbreaking and freeing. 
It wrapped up in a way that was realistic for a group of queer teens in this day and age, full of pain and hope at once. 

There are more lessons in this book than i can type with blurry eyes but the one that stuck out the most to me is that for every person who wants to hurt you, there is a person who wants to save you.

The characters grasped my heart and i know they won’t ever let go. 

“It was so kind of you to visit me in my loneliness.”

beautiful, painful, truthful, hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Transphobia

caseyvalhalla's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Minor: Biphobia and Suicide attempt

Read the author's note at the beginning and take care of yourself!

biblioleah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

this was a really strong book, and i think it brings a lot of great discussions to the table. i did have a few issues with the cheating and the characters and the timeline of things (like the whole book takes place over basically one day and that makes zero sense) but i’d easily still recommend this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Racism and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Deadnaming

queenfury's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

i had been looking forward to this one, but it was such a disappointing read to me. the pacing is atrocious (am i seriously supposed to believe all of this happened in a day??), and the voice of the narrator is annoying. the plot revelations are far too contrived to be satisfying. the worst part is how much of a white savior the main character is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Suicide