Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

18 reviews

dorothysbookshelf's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Bullying, and Drug use

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia, Police brutality, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Transphobia

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

kie's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

anenbydragon's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

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

penofpossibilities's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

felt very 'meh' about this through-out the whole of this book, but the ending really packed a punch! it was strong and containted some great lines. I got 'perks of being a wallflower' vibes from the narrative, and i get that this book can be really comforting to young queer and black queer people so i love it for that! it wasn't enterily my thing, but it reads very fast and is a great book to get out of a reading slump or something i think :)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Racial slurs

neglective parent

hannahmayhere's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• 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: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Transphobia

Minor: Suicide

librariesoflindsey's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

• 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, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Violence and Toxic relationship

Minor: Hate crime and Police brutality