Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

14 reviews

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

uranaishi's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Abandonment, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Vomit, Cancer, Colonisation, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, Addiction, Trafficking, Transphobia, Child abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, and Miscarriage

noahsingh's review

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Okay, so:
Things I liked about this book: fantasy elements were really good, queer and trans main characters, great worldbuilding, I liked that you got to see so many character's perspectives, really enjoyed the writing stuff
Things I didn't like: that there were so many characters so spread out that by the time I reached the points were they all intersected I could only make sense of it by going back and taking notes on names/which character they were, etc. also the ending felt a bit cheesy for me at times. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

hannahmarierobbins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

This is an emotional five star because I was compelled. I think there are a couple of dips. The book is a tapestry of "deviance" in Lagos. It's messy, dark and unrepentently queer. Really excellent but won't be for everyone. Content notes for everything. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Violence and Body horror