Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Flamer by Mike Curato

23 reviews

kylieshart's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

This was so impactful, a beautiful story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Bullying, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Body shaming

robinks's review

adventurous challenging hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I flew through this book, though as a fellow QT AAPI person, it was really challenging to read through the bullying and Aiden’s palpable feelings. I didn’t really like the art style, and the flame metaphor was a bit of a stretch, but overall this is a powerful, hopefully story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Bullying, and Misogyny

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Outing, and Sexual content

livcbrown's review

challenging emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, and Bullying

knit's review

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Bullying

Moderate: Outing, Racial slurs, Self harm, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

spookieboogie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Body shaming, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Racial slurs

Minor: Blood, Cursing, Self harm, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

temporarilyhuman's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Homophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Outing, and Fatphobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

kayladaila's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Physical abuse

christaftersunset's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this book is literally so beautiful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Outing

anenbydragon's review

emotional lighthearted

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Outing, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

abby_reads_books's review

dark hopeful reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Outing, and Self harm