Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Paper Girls: The Complete Story by Brian K. Vaughan

16 reviews

ejpaskey's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my all time favorites. I love papergirls so much, I used to read this series in middle school when they were first being published and it was so wonderful to be able to revisit these characters again for the complete story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

character resolves homophobic thinking by the end

paguroidea's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.25

Definitely has some differences from the series adaptation on Prime, and I liked both a lot. Think I could read and enjoy anything Vaughan writes at this point, 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia

justinekorson's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

There was a lot to love in this story and there was also a lot I didn't love. Each of the Paper Girls were very unique characters. I loved learning about them and watching them travel through time but in the end, if they don't remember then what was really the point? Everything they saw and experienced is still in their future, they didn't stop anything until it was too late really. Erin (one of the clones I think) said there is no alternate timelines or alternate Earth's. There is only one time so Tiffany is still going to get yanked to the far future several times, Mac is still going to die. We don't even find out what happens to Erin or KJ. 

The storyline was confusing at times but I enjoyed it immensely. The dream sequences (which was apparently Tiffany trying to talk to the girls??) was a cool addition too. I thought it was just some messed up dreams the girls were all having because of their trauma bonding but making it not just dreams but an addition to the already messy timeline was really cool. 

What I didn't vibe with was Mac's treatment of KJ after finding out KJ was a lesbian. They were friends way before Mac found out about KJ or learned about their kiss so I don't understand her reason for pushing KJ or hurting her in that way. There was also several other times were Mac should homophobic/lesbophobic tendencies. This graphic novel should have had trigger warnings at the beginning for things like this because I didn't expect it AT ALL and was very surprised when it happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Dementia, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Misogyny, Body horror, Rape, Terminal illness, Car accident, Homophobia, Child death, Death, Violence, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and War

caseybug's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual violence and Rape

good_names_dont_exist's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction and Racism

Minor: Death of parent

totallypandacoffee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Ableism

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Violence, Cursing, Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Animal death, Homophobia, War, Classism, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Gore, Child abuse, Murder, Car accident, and Bullying

Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Rape, Mental illness, Addiction, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Racism

Minor: Slavery, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicide, Drug use, Alcohol, and Death of parent

jlye's review

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

This was a lot of fun. The artwork is beautiful and I found myself pausing a  lot to really take in the art. I love a crazy time travel story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying and Homophobia

kllyholt's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.5

The story was super interesting and the art was wonderfully done, but I can’t excuse the queerphobia that is rampant in this book. Also I hate the trope of the biggest queerphobic person is secretly gay. (Even though it’s rooted in reality at times), it is not the cute redemption arc y’all think it is.  Even with the other characters repeatedly correcting it, the way it popped up within the first few pages and just kept showing up really ruined this book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Cancer, and Homophobia

ignescentsky's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Homophobia