Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Call Me Nathan by Catherine Castro

4 reviews

nerdysread's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

Bof. Vraiment bof. C’est dur à lire. Heureusement que je ne l’ai pas lu lors d’un épisode de dysphorie hein. Il y a quelques passages intéressant mais sinon on dirait plus un livre écrit par et pour les personnes cis avec pas mal de voyeurisme (les coupures, les organes…). Un peu un « documentaire » M6 quoi mais en bd. Ah et pleins de TW: Automutilation, Transphobie, Deadname, Homophobie, Dysphorie violente, « body horror », Mégenrage 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Body horror, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Sexual content

swordjas's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.0

I really wanted to like this book as I am a transmasc reader, and part of what drew me in to this story was the profile of the titular protagonist. We get Nathan's experiences and perspective growing into his body, but it also feels distanced and detached in that most of it focuses on displaying his traumas for the sake of trauma. Part of it also felt somewhat exploitive (as some previous reviews also mention), and the pacing of story seemed odd. 
The narrative was also hard to follow at the points that the POV would switch to Nathan's family members (often abruptly). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Medical trauma, and Homophobia

Minor: Body shaming and Islamophobia

livlamentloathe's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

The narrative was a bit hard to follow. Sometimes the POV was Nathan, other times it was his brother, mother, or friends. Beyond that, it was a hard but lovely story of a boy finding himself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, and Medical content

Minor: Body shaming and Homophobia

celine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Medical content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Lesbophobia, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Violence