Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

11 reviews

antijeffbozo_love2read's review

emotional funny reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Medical content, Excrement, Transphobia, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Deadnaming, Body shaming, and Medical trauma

Minor: Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Cancer

Injury/gore is metaphorical and features a character impaled on a spike in a couple of different instances. It metaphorically represents emotional/physical pain and features some amount of blood, nothing else. Blood warning mainly applies to menstrual blood.

theskyboi's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Medical content, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

charliemaigne's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Bullying, Outing, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Homophobia

Minor: Hate crime

autumnk3lly's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I don’t think words can describe how much this book effected me. I only picked it up because my Queer Lit professor mentioned it was currently one of the most banned books in the country. I identify as cisgender, but there were so many other parts that really hit hard; Eir struggle with eir’s sexuality and confusion on who they are. I can’t really describe it. I HATE how this book is heavily banned and censored; i think every queer person should read it eventually. I read it cover to cover in about two hours

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic friendship

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

cady_sass's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Wow. All the feels. It’s absolutely gut wrenching that this is on so many banned book lists - it’s so wholesome and genuine and could be exactly what someone needs. I feel so blessed to have known this in my lifetime and to know how many other lives this will touch and impact. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Medical content, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Vomit, Body shaming, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship

sarahmae531's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

I’ve been trying to dip my toes into more graphic novels, and this was a great book to start with! Not only are the illustrations beautiful, but Maia’s story is very informative and educational when it comes to gender queer and non-binary people. 
A super quick read, read in one sitting, and would definitely recommend to any one, especially those looking to learn more about gender identities. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit

thedisabledreader's review

emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Ableism, and Transphobia

purplepenning's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

This was exceptional — exceptionally personal and kind and gently paced and honest. A great example of how a graphic memoir can tell a complex story (and aren't all of our truest  stories complex) in a beautifully accessible way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Excrement, Blood, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

author2223's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, and Outing

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Deadnaming