Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

85 reviews

cristina_margarita's review

adventurous challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

3.0

I had super complicated feelings about this book that I’m still unpacking 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is unhinged, violent, vulgar, provocative, and wild in the best way possible. 
This dystopian/horror is the first one I have really enjoyed in a long time.
I will be thinking about this book until the apocalypse comes 

Very minor spoiler: JKR gets her comeuppance.    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Classism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Violence, Transphobia, Trafficking, Grief, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Outing, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Racism, and Self harm

emmague89's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Transphobia, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Genocide, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, War, Vomit, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, and Death of parent

lycheejelly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Death, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, War, Dysphoria, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Abortion, Misogyny, Child abuse, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Excrement, Incest, and Miscarriage

lovelylilelle's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Body horror, Dysphoria, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Transphobia, War, Eating disorder, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

amybouwer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Death, Deadnaming, Body horror, Blood, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual assault, War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Classism, Bullying, Rape, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Hate crime, Body shaming, and Gore

crookedspines's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

perhaps the best book I’ve read in the last decade, and definitely one of the best I’ve ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Outing, Murder, Hate crime, Body horror, Blood, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Death, Physical abuse, and Body shaming

Moderate: Abortion, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

This is a pro-trans book that does not look away from or sanitize what transphobia looks like. This is a post-apocalyptic zombie-hunting type story and the gore is very explicit. There is a fat character who has a lot of self-hating feelings about her body and it is described by others with this same bite on occasion. As someone who is often triggered by most of this, I feel like because it was wrapped up in this intense world, I could trudge through it. But if you are actively struggling with body image, gender dysphoria, dysmorphia, or other similar concerns or are very very squeamish, this is definitely not the book for you.

aalfie's review against another edition

dark funny fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Violence, Death, Sexual content, Transphobia, Body horror, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Murder

averyt's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Hate crime, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Medical content, Gun violence, Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Slavery, and Vomit

probably_reading_right_now's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

This book was kind of what I thought it would be, but also nothing like what I thought it was! I mean that in the best way possible because I really enjoyed everything it has going on, because there was a lot. I thought it was a dystopia where a trans girl tries to find estrogen in the apocalypse and wow what an over simplification of the plot! That’s pretty much what happens but there was way more to it then that. I don’t actually want to give too much away for those who haven’t read it yet because I really liked going into it kind of blind, but it’s a group of queer people struggling to survive in an apocalypse with a virus called Trex that turns anyone with high enough levels of testosterone into violent blood thirsty monsters. It has splatterpunk vibes because it was so much violence, sex and gore I actually wasn’t expecting it from a book that has made it to the relative mainstream of horror, and the book community in general. It wasn’t only that it had some fun, funny, and emotional moments too. The ones that get more popular are usually much tamer to appeal to a wider range of people, but I love that the author went for it while still managing to get a lot of hype around her book. This was definitely not for the faint of heart check triggers, but check this book out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Transphobia