Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

210 reviews

shanestorm's review

challenging dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

Beggining intense slows down a bit in the middle the end is very intense very fucked up bookbut a really good read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror

novadieter's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, and Dysphoria

potato_bug's review

dark emotional tense 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

Would not recommend to people who are even remotely transphobic. It's got some of the hardest things for a trans person to hear from TERFS and from the trans women in the book (I mean, it's the end of the world and the main source of estrogen is contained in ballsacks, the transgirls are going through it) (no excuse for TERFS). It's the end of the world and all persons with high levels of testosterone have turned feral. TERFS have seized the opportunity to hunt down all trans women and convert cis boys into their ranks as women. As Liam McBain says in a 2022 npr article: "the core horrors of the book [are]: the fear of not knowing what will happen to you when someone realizes you're trans, because they think trans people — trans women especially — already are monsters. The fear of a forced detransition, an irreversible one, that takes your entire personhood away. "

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Murder, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

Minor: Child death, Deadnaming, and Pregnancy

louwheezer's review

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mstrat08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

fairyollie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I am not one for gore, so I do not fault the book for being gruesome - I knew it would be when I picked it up and decided to read anyway. I am much too squeamish and I think that made it more difficult for me to enjoy, but that is not the book's fault at all. it was also way raunchier than I expected. very very graphic and gruesome. however, it was an emotional, adventurous, challenging, and sometimes fun and humorous book to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

esterie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

" Community is when you never let go of each other. Not even after you're gone. "


heard about this book from a d'angelo wallace video. disturbing, dark, gruesome, uncomfortable, very frustrating characters to read (but that's people eh), but damn if the ending didn't make me sob like a baby. lots to think about re the current sociopolitical climate and trans issues (also fuck terfs)

the only 2 things that really didn't vibe with me:
-the syntax didn't flow smoothly in my brain. that's a me thing, but i did have to reread sentences and sometimes entire paragraphs multiple times bc something just wasnt doing the thing.
-some relationships felt... rushed? like i didnt feel the build up and it left me feeling kinda ehhh about it

(lookin @ beth and Indi)

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" It wasn't the few who'd cheered that frightened her; it was the rest, watching with guarded expressions, not looking at those among their number who cried Go back to Maryland, you fucking Nazis and Fuck TERFS! The women who looked at each other in a way Beth didn't understand, a way sealed forever within the cold and rigid bounds of cisness but which nonetheless told her without room of doubt that they couldn't leave too soon.

That was what scared her.

The women who stayed silent. "

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

essjay's review against another edition

4.0

Damn, I wrote a whole-ass review and hit back instead of save. 

This book is A LOT. I would go from cackling one minute to having to put it down bc it was so upsetting. 

The characters are really what elevated it above just the gore and violence (and sex...so. much. sex). I know some of the people in these pages and it's cool to see their representation here. 

Really looking forward to this as a movie, it's screaming for an adaptation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Outing, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ariennegd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Dysphoria

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? No

5.0

Full disclosure: I don’t generally read horror. 

This book was disgusting, perfect, challenging, and relatable, unfortunately. Not for the faint of heart but absolutely worth it if you can get through the gore 🏳️‍⚧️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, and Torture