Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

3 reviews

sapphicpenguin's review against another edition

5.0

An essential work of queer history that I hope people continue hanging onto for many generations. Simply written and beautifully human and often hard and, above all, honest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Police brutality, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Cursing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Dysphoria, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Suicide, and Trafficking

msmarlena's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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, Body shaming, Gore, Misogyny, Police brutality, Bullying, Death, Suicide, Cursing, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol and Excrement

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Drug use, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and War

morriganivy's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I have a lot of feelings after finishing this book. 

Normally when I write I review I'll talk about the pacing of plot or how well the book is written in general but honestly I'm not sure that's important when it comes to this book. The writing is good and the book itself feels like a series of snap shots of the protagonists life but I want to talk about its impact. 

The way the book handles the topic of identity, how being a lesbian intersects with there gender, is masterfully done. It doesn't at any point force the protagonist to pick man or woman, it accepts them being something else and shows how they nagvigate a world that doesn't want that. I know some readings of the book view the main character Jess as transman by the end, but to me I feel like Jess accepts that they aren't either. This might be because I see part of my partner in them, who is a non-binary lesbian, and how so many of the things Jess says/feels maches things they have said to me. 

It feel's important to me that the book doesn't lay out any anwsers but encourages the idea that we should be working to make the world a better place, that even if things wont be better for us we can make it better for those who come after. (but even with that there is hope and truth that our lives will change as we age and that good or bad it's worth it).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Trafficking