Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn

26 reviews

sarahbobearah's review against another edition

3.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Confinement, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Transphobia

ukponge's review against another edition

3.75

challenging hopeful tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Classism

Moderate: Transphobia

hflh's review against another edition

3.75

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Ok. I really enjoyed this book, BUT I think it will disappoint a lot of readers. 

It’s simple and on-the-nose (buzzwords included), has flat characters with a tidy plot, and you have to suspend some disbelief. If you’re looking for a nuanced, in-depth critique on climate, gender, capitalism, and white feminism — you’ll be disappointed. 

BUT sometimes you need just want to turn off your brain and jump in and this did that for me. There are some really interesting and fucked up elements in this dystopian world that kept me engaged and

the cartoonishly evil billionaire

was a good laugh.

I’d encourage readers to go in blind, but the villain reads like a

bossbabe trying to build a paradise created by J.K. Rowling and a beige mom

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NOTE: while there’s lots of queer rep, one of the blurbs on the book says it’s found family but I don’t think this will scratch your found family itch.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Transphobia, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol

doxxing, forced pregnancy, overdose

k_shimer's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Dysphoria

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

rachelcd's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Transphobia, Classism

lexyan's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I was skeptical early on reading this, but I ended up really liking it. It's a good takedown of gender essentialism set on the backdrop of early apocalypse-level climate change. There's heavy use of dramatic irony that works really well to keep you invested in reading it. All of the POV characters are well-written, including the perfectly hateable villain. The ending is hopeful but a little unsatisfying, which sort of feels perfect for the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Grief, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, War, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

mandi_lea's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

kestrel_of_the_pages's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This need to be on every #GirlBoss book shelf...

A lite scifi criticism of white femme power spaces, the danger of trans exclusion and generalization of gender, and how the future must be inclusive for humanity's survival. Dashes of romance, mystery, thriller, and corporate intrigue. The story switches perspectives between a handful of characters, each experiencing different facets of The Inside, over the time span between 2050-2078. There are some steamy sapphic moments, but mostly the romance element is slow burn.

It was refreshing to see a white author tackle these subjects with care, earnestness, and precision. This type of call-out should not always fall onto non-white, non-cis/het folks!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Transphobia, Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Gaslighting

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol

hopebrasfield's review against another edition

3.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was fine! I enjoyed this author's memoir back when that came out and it's kind of cool she's able to write like this, too!

In a way, this felt more realistic than other dystopian novels.

I say this because the rich have all the power in the novel, and we're already seeing that now--private fire fighters, bunkers, etc. Was Jacqueline's idea for a gender essentialist "utopia" ridiculous and dangerous? Of course it was. Were the ones trying to help make it better "from the inside" doomed from the start? Yes, they were. Does this track with where things are and where things are going? Sure does!

I wouldn't re-read this but I would be up for an ad hoc book club hangout to talk through the book itself.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Transphobia

ky_q_xoxo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Queer climate fiction is kinda my jam, though???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Transphobia, Grief

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Sexism, Sexual violence