Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

74 reviews

stacy837's review

challenging hopeful informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Medical trauma, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Blood, and Misogyny

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Body horror, Grief, and Dysphoria

Minor: Vomit

theetherealelf's review

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Medical trauma, and Vomit

caitlinemccann's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit and Excrement

erikachung182's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Blood, Medical trauma, and Vomit

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cancer and Transphobia

hannahrogers's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

I applaud Kobabe for being willing to share eir gender journey and identity with a country and a world that is currently saying they don't want to hear it. I see why this book has been banned so much, and it makes me incredibly sad, because e's experience is so relatable in many ways - from the discomfort of being labeled as a girl and separated from the boys, to the obsession with queer fic that makes you worry you're fetishizing people until you realize you're one of them, to the fear of the pap smear, and definitely to the reactions of the cis women who love you and fear you're suffering from internalized misogyny.

That said, Gender Queer does feel rushed and incomplete in places. Some of the transitions are blunt and awkward, and some of the story feels glossed over or pressed for time (specifically, when e goes into the biological explanations for eir gender - that is a lot of info, and fast). I wish it had been longer, more thorough, maybe multiple volumes, though I understand that Kobabe may not want to share that much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dysphoria, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Transphobia

-Misgendering (mostly accidental) -Most of the blood is menstrual blood -Note that because this is a graphic novel, everything listed here is visually depicted.

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense

5.0

I'm always trying to learn more about trans experiences. This book was very heartfelt and beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, and Death

moose_a_million's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Blood

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Vomit and Excrement