Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

8 reviews

lynxpardinus's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, and Racism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Slavery, and Transphobia

brookey8888's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

 really enjoyed this! I really like the poetry/verse way it was written. I liked the characters and the growth they went through finding themselves. I really appreciated the topics discussed. I can’t speak for them because I luckily haven’t dealt/experienced these topics. I would definitely recommend this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Dysphoria, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

lucystolethesky's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

readandfindout's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 3.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Bullying, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship

sarah984's review

hopeful reflective 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

3.0

This book is a coming-of-age novel in verse that does a few time jumps and covers a lot of issues with identity from family to sexuality to race. I wanted to appreciate it more than I did. Some parts were beautiful and I would really be enjoying the book, but then other parts felt disconnected and ground the pace to a halt to the point that it was a struggle to keep reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Transphobia

taelights's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

First of all, I listened to this on audiobook and there was just something so powerful about the author himself reading it himself. But also I'm so tempted to revisit this book in a physical copy eventually just to see how the expierence differs because I definitely wouldn't mind reading this book again. 

I've never read a book in verse before and I wasn't sure how I'd like it because I've never been super into poetry, but I loved this one so much. The writing style was absolutely beautiful and so enjoyable to me. 

The book itself was raw and emotional, exploring important topics of self acceptance, growing into your true self, and dealing with both homophobia and racism. A lot of the author's words were just very true and sincere and hit so hard. It had just a lot of important messages within the story. 

I thought Michael was a fantastic character, very intriguing, and he felt so real to me. I loved getting to read his story and watch him grow. 

My only issue with the book is I wish it was longer, I felt like a lot of areas could have been explored more so I really wish some sections were more fleshed out and explored deeper. 

Overall this was a very easy and fast read that I would highly recommend. It was very emotional and powerful and it's a story that deserves to be heard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Drug use, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

Internalized homophobia and internalized racism are also topics explored which I feel like deserve separate content warning tags.

eloiseisreading's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Homophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Racism

shaunaxx's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry