Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

67 reviews

rhiannonhoward's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Lesbophobia, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Classism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Racism

vidoc's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Blood, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Vomit, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Deadnaming, Torture, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Forced institutionalization, and Outing

bella_ruth's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Lesbophobia, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Outing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Antisemitism and Suicide

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Deadnaming, Violence, Medical content, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Outing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Bullying, Classism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Racism

droggelbecher42's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

It's not a fun book to read, the content is challenging, but I still needed to read it. 
The 5 stars are less due to the writing style or story, since this is not an ordinary novel. They are for what it made me think about and what I felt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, Rape, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Bullying

Moderate: Suicide and Racism

Minor: Antisemitism

libby_l96's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Hate crime, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Medical trauma, Grief, Homophobia, Violence, Vomit, and Physical abuse

Minor: Deadnaming and Antisemitism

quinn24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

 didn’t like this as much as I thought I would but I do still like it quite a bit. I wasn’t a big fan of the writing style and I found that the timeline tended to jump forward months or years without warning. It is very clearly a labour of love however, and it is a very interesting and important read. If you are interested in queer history and like historical fiction you would probably like it. It does have a lot of heavy content but I didn’t find it to be gratuitous, it was real and unfortunately necessary to tell an accurate story, (though of course you should check warnings if needed). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Blood, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Alcohol, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, and Police brutality

Moderate: Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Deadnaming

Minor: Classism, Addiction, Medical trauma, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

rooreads's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Outing, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

dandydoodle's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

Reading this book 40 years after it’s initial publication doesn’t take away from it’s ability to reach a hand deep into my chest and squeeze my heart until about ready to burst, only to cradle it afterwards. This copy has been sitting on my shelf for years and I cannot believe it took me so long to pick up, but I feel as though it found me when I needed it most. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Bullying, Racism, Transphobia, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Outing, Violence, Homophobia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Cursing, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Drug use, Addiction, War, and Classism

nothing is gratuitous, once an experience has been touched on it will be referred to again but not in detail. context is merely provided for experiences necessary to communicate the reality of the situations the book describes. this could be triggering, no doubt.

barrybj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

its 5 AM right now and i just blazed through the entire second half of Stone Butch Blues in one sitting. I....dont know how to describe how I feel. I just feel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Transphobia, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Rape, Vomit, Suicide, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Outing, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Abandonment, and Alcohol