Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

69 reviews

rjstellar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Dysphoria, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Addiction, Death of parent, Dementia, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Classism and Racism

sorayacastle's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Dysphoria

marcy_the_vampireq's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Hate crime, and Racism

Minor: Abandonment, Sexual assault, and Rape

balfies's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

An intergenerational story about mixed race identical twins, where one chooses to pass as white and the other stays black.

Identity, self, selves, race, gender, double consciousness, doubled consciousnesses, women, sisters, cousins, twoness, aloneness, pretending, authenticating - all warp and weave over and through each other through the different women in this novel. A really beautiful study of character, and of what character means.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Dysphoria

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

I don’t know why, but when I first heard of this book, I thought I wouldn’t be interested. In reality, it is practically made for me: a mid-century historical fiction where the narrative changes perspective. That’s right up my alley. I loved the way this was written and the way the plot unfolded. My one complaint is that it felt like Desiree didn’t get as much development compared to other characters. Still, I truly loved this, and I would highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Bullying

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Excrement, and Slavery

Colorism, lynching

amelia_hl3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Cursing, Hate crime, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia, Transphobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual assault

sparkle5g's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

galexy_brain's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, and War

cheye13's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I was very interested in this book for a long time because the synopsis reminded me so much of Nella Larsen's Passing. This was a magnificent and moving story. All of the characters – not just the four main women – felt so real and rounded, as if they could walk right off the page.

What struck me the most was how this family story served as a lens through which to view American history, and how quickly large strides through history seemed to pass, while not belittling the future work to be done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use, Dysphoria, Sexual content, and Slavery

There is minor reference to the AIDS crisis.

yungblonde's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

A well written book with some beautifully written parts but the ending felt rushed and a little confused at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault