Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

132 reviews

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Abortion, Transphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Self harm, Stalking, Xenophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Genocide, Death of parent, and Antisemitism

karol99's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Infertility, Miscarriage, Outing, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Transphobia

brnineworms's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

Messy bitches all round.
Exceptionally well-written, until the ending where it felt like the brakes were slammed; it faltered then just kind of stopped, and not in a satisfyingly unsatisfying way. Still, I liked it a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Outing, Dysphoria, Sexism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abortion, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Blood, Chronic illness, Suicide, Violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Murder, Racism, Eating disorder, Trafficking, Car accident, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Colonisation

katieb_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Death

Minor: Abortion and Suicide

grainjordan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Outing, Suicide attempt, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Deadnaming, Drug use, and Homophobia

tomato_bisque's review against another edition

funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is a fast paced book delving into the themes of womanhood and what it means to be a mother. The book is mainly from the point of view of two trans characters, Ames and Reese. 

Reese's thoughts about womanhood in relation to men and motherhood is something that a lot of women relate to. Motherhood is seen as the ultimate form of womanhood. Those who do not give birth or those that forgo motherhood altogether are not "real women." 

Since this form of womanhood is not afforded to Reese, violent masculinity is used to highlight her femininity. She is kept secret by her lovers, often leading to abuse and toxic relationships. Reese notes that the hardness and violence of men makes her softness and femininity stand out. There is a point later in the book when Reese rolls her eyes at a cis woman's excitement of her cis husband playing the stereotypic rugged man. This contrast makes that cis woman feel at home with her identity. Which is something that Reese does, albeit in a different way. 

The other main character, Ames, struggles with his gender identity. He uses masculinity as a way to avoid pain. Being in his body as a women opened him up new internal emotions and suffering, as well as opression by wider society. Detransitioning into a man made it easy to blend in, become invisible. When the prospect of him becoming a father comes up, he panics. 

In the end, this is a tragic story about how gender confines all of us. Its messy as hell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Hate crime, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Miscarriage

Minor: Drug use

tinylittlerat's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Sexual content, Hate crime, Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Outing, Miscarriage, Homophobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Abortion and Suicide attempt

varielble's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Hate crime

miryame's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

i didn’t like the end 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Outing, and Racism

cereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Hate crime, Outing, Abortion, Dysphoria, and Grief

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Death, and Medical content