Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu

13 reviews

asha_m's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Transphobia and Religious bigotry

kefeshe's review

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

3.0

Beautiful and simple to read, it felt like I was having a conversation with a friend who was telling me about thier childhood. I really appreciated the layout and how each person or layer was lost and how it shaped Kalki's understanding of the world. It was a lot more reflective than I had expected, frequently sprinkling in major philosophical questions between the storytelling. I found myself on this emotional roller coaster with Kalki. It would be interesting to hear some of Ayya's perspective, what his motivation were and how he convinced those alongside him to brainwash a child that way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide

Minor: Mental illness, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Homophobia, and Cancer

frogbooknook's review

emotional reflective fast-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: Transphobia, Suicide, and Sexism

viji's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, Child abuse, Self harm, and Death

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Murder and Cancer

taviarz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I wish we could’ve seen more of his life after he was free

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Cancer, Self harm, Suicide, and Transphobia

sknappy1's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Transphobia, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Chronic illness, Cancer, Classism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

This is not the kind of book that I would usually pick up. I tend to find literary fiction underwhelming and meandering at the best of times. They tend to feel like they have no structure to me, and sadly this book is no exception. Now this doesn't mean that the book is bad by any means, it just means that this type of genre and story telling is not my cup of tea. I actually think if you enjoy literary fiction you will probably enjoy this book. I just didn't.

Though out this book I was waiting for something more engaging for me to happen. Characters came and then left so quickly that you don't have time to feel attached to them. This makes it hard later in the book to even care about the characters because they won't be relevant in two chapters time (an exaggeration of time but they did come and go quickly). I found that I had no real connection to the story as Kalki was not a very interesting character despite his circumstance.

So for this book I thought it was interesting at times, hence the 3 stars and that fact that I didn't DNF it, though by the end it does leave for more to be desired as the ending felt very unsatisfying to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Transphobia and Animal death

racheloddment's review

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

Moderate: Transphobia, Vomit, Homophobia, Cancer, Drug use, Blood, Sexual content, and Misogyny

the_wendybirb's review

emotional reflective tense 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

4.0

I love this book. The last chapter (like 3 pages) is where I dropped stars, because it was strange and felt out of character. But I think this is a solid, fun and emotional read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, and Transphobia