Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera

10 reviews

swedishfrisk's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

4.0

This was a great read detailing Juliet’s journey to delving further into her queerness, encountering white feminism and inauthentic allyship, exploring life in a new city, and learning more about herself and what she wants out of a relationship. 

The illustrations were also absolutely stunning.

 The only thing I wish we got was more development of side characters but otherwise I enjoyed this read and would recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

hannahrogers's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexism and Sexual harassment

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Biphobia

Minor: Religious bigotry

taaya's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Toxic friendship

shaipanda's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

I really really enjoyed reading this !! It was an absolutely beautiful graphic novel as well as storyline but I definitely agree with other people that it could be a bit confusing at times without having read the full length novel so I definitely wanna go back and read that :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Biphobia

khargaotte's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.75

This book made me smile! There are so many characters to love in this book, and love is indeed a big theme in there. We follow Juliet as she comes to terms with what it means to be a brown queer woman, finding people who help her learn to accept and love herself. 
I particularly loved the art style as well, full of soft lines and warm colours. 
The only negative point for me was that the narration and transitions from one scene to another were sometimes hard to follow, but that might come from the fact that this comic was adapted from a novel, and stories don't always translate the same in these two medias. Still an excellent read overall! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship

Even though these elements are present in the story, they are adressed as such in a way that is positive and affirming for the main character, towards whom most of them happen, and they do not detract from the hopeful tone of the story.

reading_between_the_trees's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-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

Absolutely incredible. The story alone is amazing, addressing hard and important topics of whitewashed feminism, queer BIPOC spaces, and reserving the privilege of your friendship and love for those who value you and respect you, but the graphic novel took the story to a whole new level. The artwork was beautiful and for me made all the emotions of the story even deeper and richer. I would recommend reading the original book first, and then picking up the graphic novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

kirby's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a really fun adaptation of the book Juliet Takes a Breath. Some things changed, yeah. I think they did a good job of making things work, and I actually felt like some of the changes were appropriate and more well suited to Juliet and the other characters. I'd definitely give this a read after reading the book, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Biphobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity

mollyrose's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• 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

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Transphobia

inejghafa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content