Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

5 reviews

q_bert13's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

A great work of speculative fiction- retelling the many real experiences of queer and gender diverse people during the mid/late 20th century. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, and Domestic abuse

thattinyone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad

• 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: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Hate crime, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Deadnaming, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Racism, Vomit, War, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, Suicide, Bullying, and Self harm

Minor: Child abuse, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Gun violence

toyin_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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

4.25

There's a reason why lesbians recommend this book to young queers. It tells a story rarely told, shows butch history in a way I've never come across before and it is beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Police brutality, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Blood, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Deadnaming, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Suicide, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

gardedvoir's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Transphobia, Bullying, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, and Suicide

darkmattersoybean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit