Reviews tagging 'Death'

Obie Is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar

14 reviews

torikate7's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: War and Suicidal thoughts

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Bullying, Hate crime, Outing, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? No

3.0

This was a bit of a predictable read, but it made sense for the story being middle grade! The book can definitely be tough to read at parts as Obie experiences very intense bullying and violence, but I appreciated how supportive his friends and family are throughout. I also appreciated seeing the benefits of being allowed to start hormone blockers at a young age and how they helped to improve Obie's life in many ways. 

The book was very focused on swimming, so if you are not interested in that subjecy, you may not enjoy this book as much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent

tinytrashqueen's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Outing, Homophobia, Bullying, and Hate crime

Moderate: Death and Grief

arlangrey17's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

jkatiemarks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

• middle grade contemporary featuring a korean american trans boy MC! there is a light romance with a cis latina girl
• i guess i’m not sure how to talk about mg books? i’m so used to adult romance lol
• i really enjoyed this — scarfed it down in a day
• obie deals with a whole lot throughout this book, so it was hard to read in some places, but the support he has was also beautiful to see!
• recommended for anyone who needs to read about an example of trans experience — the author shows us clearly how to support a trans boy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Outing, Bullying, and Hate crime

Moderate: Death and Homophobia

Minor: Emotional abuse and Suicidal thoughts

pucksandpaperbacks's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? N/A

5.0

Review to come, but just know I loved this one a whole lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Bullying, and Medical content

maple_dove's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

3.75

I'm just having trouble with a friend. I think it's getting better. I just . .   I guess I'm just worried being transgender is always going to affect my relationships.

I get that. And sometimes it will. But then those are not people you want to have around in the first place. Sometimes people need time, and I've had some folks really struggle when I first came out. But I have them their space (and set up the right boundaries) and we've grown so much closer. Some people still haven't budged, so I've had to leave them where they were.
If anyone makes you feel like you don't belong, that is on them. It is not on you. (Pg. 273)

LOVEEE THE INCLUSITIVITY!

This book also helped me deal with some internalized transphobia. It also got me thinking about dating in middle school. I guess in middle school, it's not really about age, it's about the people involved (ex. Are they ready for a relationship?).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Outing, Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

Moderate: Grief and Violence

Minor: Death and Blood

Derogatory (Transphobia and Homophobic) slurs, Harassment, Toxic Masculinity

foreverinastory's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

The author reads the audiobook and Schuyler did an amazing job! I loved his narrator and this book so much. The author notes at the end really got me too.

Rep: Half Korean, half white trans male MC, cishet Latine female love interest, white trans male side character, cishet Korean male side character. 

CWs: Transphobia/transmisia, bullying, deadnaming, misgendering, homophobia/homomisia, f-slur, violence, outing. Moderate: past mentions of suicidal thoughts, death, death of grandparent, mentions of war, toxic friendship, injury/injury detail, medical content (stitches), racism, dysphoria, grief. Minor: lesbophobia/lesbomisia, ableism, panic attacks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Violence, and Outing

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, War, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, Dysphoria, and Grief

Minor: Ableism, Lesbophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

1979lwt's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.75

I LOVED IT and the little note at the end from the author to trans kids reading the book was AMAZING i mena the whole book i was questioning if i was “trans enough” because i had it different from Obie but omg the note helped so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Bullying, Violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Lesbophobia, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Racism