Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

This Winter by Alice Oseman

172 reviews

d4rrrcy's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol

spark_879's review against another edition

4.25

emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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the font, line spacing, pace, pictures and length of this made it feel a lot like reading younger middle-grade books again, which was fun :)

(although the book still largely focused on the difficulties of the holidays for people with mental illnesses, so i wouldn't say the book itself is middle-grade at all.)

there was a section each from tori, charlie, and oliver's perspectives of the family's christmas. oliver's section came last and was my personal favourite :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia, Self harm

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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No surprise that I loved this book! I absolutely ADORE the Heartstopper series and the show so any more Nick and Charlie content I can get I'm all here for. I love how we got all the siblings' perspectives in this one especially Oliver's; he's literally the cutest! Again, I absolutely adore Nick and Charlie's relationship and how healthy it is, and how they're always there for each other no matter what. I also admire how taboo mental health can be/still is through Charlie's interactions with his immediate and extended family. It tackles the people who are trying to be sincere but fail, the people who are just plain ignorant, and the people trying to help, but don't know how. I love the dynamic between Charlie's siblings and how patient Tori is with Charlie, it really pays to have siblings like that. I don't know if they tackled it in the other books and I just missed it but I hope we find out why Tori is the way she is. She seems so sad and I can't begin to fathom why. Maybe she's in other Alice Oseman books, I don't know. I haven't read all of them, but I'll most definitely be going through her backlist. I just adore her books so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Dysphoria

slayharrie28's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bethlh's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol

readingtempeh's review against another edition

5.0

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Self harm

samreadsthings's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love Charlie and Nick. Oseman can do no wrong with these two. I also liked getting to read the perspectives of Charlie’s siblings in this novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Alcohol, Dysphoria

threesixti's review against another edition

4.25

emotional lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Self harm

Minor: Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Alcohol