Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

118 reviews

sparky_young_upstart's review

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• 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: Transphobia

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Biphobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Sexism and Grief

rmeaso's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Transphobia

scribblesandsuch's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

Oh boy an intense read, but I loved it. There is an innate underlying tension to a book about a closeted queer person, because you know that at some point in some way they will be out. Whether through coming out or being outed, and that's scary. It's a great book, and very accessible to people who might not be super clued up on 'transness', but a nice nostalgia of teen drama for those who grew up not seeing themselves in stories

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Transphobia

jenpinbowling's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Biphobia

tunatanga's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, and Transphobia

abomine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

As far as writing and characterization go, this is easily 5 stars. But as far as personal enjoyment, this was a 3-star read for me. While I personally didn't find it triggering, this could easily be triggering for other readers (attempted rape, attempted suicide, bullying, and an extremely transphobic environment). It took me what felt like an eternity to finish reading this book simply because of how harrowing it was at times, and not in the enjoyable exciting way. This is an important story that needs to be told and to be widely read, just don't go into this expecting a light teen drama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Rape

valereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Biphobia