Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

FCBD: Our Favorite Thing is My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

23 reviews

owlribbon's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Violence, Racism, Chronic illness, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racial slurs and Rape

paigicus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

Minor: Homophobia

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Interesting art storytelling style, but overall mixed to negative feelings on this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racial slurs and Rape

Minor: Classism, Homophobia, and Suicide

emmaopaline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Homophobia

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

This book isn't perfect, but it's perfectly captivating, and now I'm among the legions of fans (im)patiently dreaming of Book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gore, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Suicide, and Child abuse

krys_kilz's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

This graphic novel is super unique and the artwork is truly NEXT LEVEL. It's crosshatched and drawn with ballpoint pen, which gives it a style and color palette unlike any graphic novel or comic I've read before. I loved that it was written as the main character's notebook and enjoyed the memorabilia and famous paintings included throughout.

The main character and narrator, Karen Reyes, warms my little queer heart. I love how unapologetically weird she is, how full of curiosity and spunk. I appreciated all the LGBTQ characters and the pro-SWer sentiment. With the body horror subplot, you could definitely read this as a trans narrative too. 

The use of horror and multiple meanings of what makes a monster was also incredibly powerful. There is some sharp social critique / political analysis woven throughout that is really striking in conversation with the artwork. I also appreciated the threads comparing trauma to being haunted.

There is a lot of heavy content and I agree that the narrative was a bit scattered at times, but overall I loved this book and am excited to read Volume II.

tw: adult/minor relationship, pedophilia, antisemitism, Holocaust, cancer, rape 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Cancer, Pedophilia, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, and Genocide

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Body horror, and Bullying

camreads22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Rape, Trafficking, Pedophilia, and Racism

imjumokay's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-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: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Bullying, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault

archaicgambit's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This books is incredible and the artwork is stunning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Racism and Ableism

mothdan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Drug use, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship