Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

6 reviews

akirma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

I haven't finished a book this quickly in years. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Biphobia, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Sexual content, Body shaming, Bullying, Biphobia, Animal death, Classism, Fatphobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Confinement, Alcohol, Suicide, Ableism, Deportation, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

nellienelson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.25

I really liked this book. The main characters are multiple queer characters and a POC character. I liked the writing style and the pacing and just the genre and storyline in general. 
However, one of the things I didn’t like was the (internalized?) biphobia. They never once said the word bi in this book — even when it’s pretty obvious two characters are bi — except one time when it was portrayed as mockery.
Next to that, I’m also left with a lot of questions unanswered after finishing this book.

We don’t know whether Simon will get his magic back or why he’s immune. It is hinted that he is a dead spot himself, but why? And why now? It’s all a bit vague and unclear.

A last thing I don’t really know how to feel about is Agatha’s storyline.

earlier (can’t where, somewhere in the second book) Agatha made clear that she wasn’t queer. Something about how she wished she was, because then she would’ve had an explanation for herself why she felt this way and acted this way. Now, in the end, she ended up with Niamh who — in my opinion — didn’t have much of a purpose and was just introduced solely to give Agatha a relationship. So I don’t really know what to think about it, to be honest.

However, I do recommend this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

steffi_23's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, and Fatphobia

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Okay friends, I'm going to try to put my thoughts into words here without any spoilers! In reality, this book is three stories in one, focusing on Simon and Baz, Penelope and Shepard, and Agatha. They overlap in some ways, but you really get a lot of character depth in each of these three plot lines. 

This book is more character driven than plot, at least in my opinion. It's about healing, moving beyond the past, and figuring out what that means for the future. I think Rowell did an excellent job with this, showing us how all of the characters are healing through their trauma. Also I promise if you're looking for Simon and Baz moments, you get a lot of them.

I might have to write a full review for this one for the blog, but I'm going to wait a bit until more people have read it. Just prepared for it to tug on all of your heartstrings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Cursing

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

klavin_lovell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Homophobia