Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Psycho by Robert Bloch

7 reviews

virgilsinferno's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia and Ableism

abbyluvsfrogs444's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is just genius. Terrifying, but genius.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Alcohol, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Confinement

Minor: Transphobia

liviamello's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Misogyny

thenonbinaryc's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Outdated and demonisation of ‘multiple personality disorders’ and ‘transvesites’

janeb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

can’t believe I had no idea what this book was about (aside from the infamous shower scene from the film adaptation - which i also haven’t seen). I wish I didn’t read the synopsis on the back which alluded to ed gein, because I was expecting a slightly different plot after reading that. I see the inspiration there, but I was taking it very literally after I read the summary; I thought there would be more modeling after him, so I didn’t find the book to be as disturbing as what gein actually did. 

for the late 50s, this was probably extremely dark and disturbing. but i’m used to this genre & have read/seen worse in both books and movies so I guess that’s why I didn’t feel the way others probably felt when it came out. it felt more like a thriller than horror because of that, but that’s just me. 

I enjoyed most of it, except for the explanation bit near the end (chapters 15-16, I think). I loved the final chapter, though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Transphobia