Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin

14 reviews

booksandteatime's review

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia and Biphobia

aea_hobbit's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Biphobia

buttermellow's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Biphobia, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Infidelity

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Dementia, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

unwise_samwise's review

emotional hopeful sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Minor: Infidelity

midnightmarauder's review

emotional lighthearted sad 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

4.0

Bingo Love is a story narrated by Hazel Johnson, who is retelling her story to a woman she knows. The woman was just kicked out of her parents' home after they discovered her attraction to other women, and she asks if she can stay with Hazel, who says yes, and tells her the story about how she went through a similar thing in her youth. 

I don't have too much to comment on about this story. It's an easy read that tugs on the heartstrings, which is what I like in a book. I felt a lot of love for the characters and their plight to acceptance of not only the people around them, but themselves. 

The only thing I didn't like (which is very minor) is how James, Hazel's husband,

reacted negatively to his wife's coming out. It is implied that he went through a similar situation during his time in the army, where he says he fell in love with someone he met there. So, chances are, he could just be experiencing self-hatred and negatively took it out on Hazel. But, that doesn't make what he said okay.

All in all, if you're looking for something easy to read, this is the book for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Outing

Minor: Death

knockoffrainbow's review

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Sexism, Dementia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Medical content

violet_pages's review

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Dementia

Moderate: Biphobia, Outing, Death, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, War, Misogyny, and Medical content

alliemikennareads's review

emotional fast-paced

4.25

Bingo Love is a graphic novel with beautiful illustrations and great storytelling. I appreciated the historical + present day queer rep, therapy rep and the coming out later in life rep. 

This the story of two black best friends (Mari and Hazel) who love each other in the 1960s, and whose families have very strict Christian views and don’t support two women being together. So instead, they both marry the men their families make them marry, and their lives unfold separately from there - until they reconnect fifty years later.

I’d recommend it to graphic novel fans. It’s a quick read that, while more surface level than some graphic novels I’ve read, still had the elements I look for in this genre with a unique type of relationship I haven’t seen much yet in queer books I’ve picked up. 

CW: Homophobia, biphobia, divorce 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

shaipanda's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

5.0

Holy shit I desperately want a love story like this - obviously without the 50 year gap in the middle ideally but omg I absolutely loved and devoured this book and the ending fucking destroyeddd me holy shit 
Absolutely beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Biphobia and Infidelity