Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

56 reviews

cosmicconfluence's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Outing, Deadnaming, and Abandonment

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Misogyny and Pregnancy

1_800_fuck_off's review against another edition

boringgg (imo ofc) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Outing

the outing tag is not confirmed since it was just being heavily threatened up to the the point where i stopped so idk if it actually happened

ash_ton's review

medium-paced

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

2.75

This book was... okay. I wasn't really invested in the story during any point in the book. I feel bad because it's so great that there's trans and queer rep in a teen book, but I can't rate it high just for that.

The plotline idea was cool, just maybe not the execution? I just felt like I needed more. Idk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Outing, and Transphobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Body horror, Deadnaming, Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

Minor: Sexual content, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Cursing

thewizardem's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Racism, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

samstopher's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Blood

sashahc's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

Do you want lush and lyric writing that you can get lost in full of longing and tenderness and magic?  I got you. “When the Moon Was Ours” by Anna-Marie McLemore is a gorgeous coming of age YA #PrideSFF #book about two best friends dealing with growing into their gender, race, family, and magic.  Miel grows roses from her wrist and Sam paints moons and hangs them from trees.  It’s a book to read all day in a summer hammock with a tall lemonade and cicadas screaming in the background.

(I fully recommend the rest of their books as well.)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia and Abandonment

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Confinement, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Grief, Lesbophobia, Child death, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, Racism, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Animal death, Dysphoria, and Religious bigotry

cj13's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

quinnyquinnquinn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Blood

solareclipse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious slow-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 book is definitely hit or miss, and I can see why. McLemore’s writing is an intense example of figurative language and at times too much, which makes their work lose clarity and make the meaning a bit difficult to find. When I first read When The Moon Was Ours I was confused and a bit bored. Thankfully, this changed around the half way point where I narrowed down a meaning to focus on and got more attached to the main characters Miel, Samir, and Aracely. Overall, I thought When The Moon Was Ours was an intelligent novel that discusses the dangers of conformity in a creative way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Dysphoria