Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

The Gifts That Bind Us by Caroline O'Donoghue

39 reviews

alabiblioheck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Body horror

pollyhall's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Classism, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, and Transphobia

chris_crossed99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

I love the book but felt like there was a lot of unanswered questions. I wasn’t too satisfied with the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Hate crime

theunfinishedbookshelf's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death and Transphobia

mcdal's review against another edition

4.5

Not enough Roe. Could’ve been another 5/5 if there was more Roe. Aside from that, I have no notes, only incoherent screaming 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Confinement

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Biphobia, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Stalking and Ableism

skyllarduncan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Transphobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

sarahnoffy's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Transphobia, and Violence

urban's review

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

There are a lot of different themes discuss (which is good), but they’re not discussed to the length I would have hoped. 
TRIGGER WARNING 

For example 
Self harm, mental health

As someone who is recovering it caught me off guard. But I will say it is better handled than some other books, in which I had to take breaks so I don’t have a mental breakdown 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Homophobia, and Transphobia

queergoth_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was soo good. I really loved the first one but this one really got into some of the things that were bugging me in first one. The characters are very well written in my opinion (sometimes annoyingly so but they are 16/17 so it makes sense). I really loved the discussion of pronouns and gender and the witchy plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Deadnaming and Transphobia

ross_emm's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Self harm

Moderate: Transphobia and Death