Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

This Winter by Alice Oseman

154 reviews

elisabethc01's review against another edition

emotional informative sad 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: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt

nikoops's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Cute little short about Christmas from each of the Spring family siblings (Tori, Charlie, and Oliver). If you’re a fan of Heartstopper then you’ll enjoy this as a nice character study. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Homophobia, Biphobia, Bullying, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

graceheartsbooks's review against another edition

3.75

It was good. Just a small little novella between Heartstopper/Solitaire and the illustrations were nice. I don’t have much to say about it so 3.75 feels right

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Eating disorder

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

reaganwritesluv's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Biphobia, Body shaming, and Dysphoria

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm

civetta's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Biphobia and Homophobia

thesesusspace's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Biphobia

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Outing, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Homophobia and Biphobia

Minor: Alcohol

spark_879's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

the font, line spacing, pace, pictures and length of this made it feel a lot like reading younger middle-grade books again, which was fun :)

(although the book still largely focused on the difficulties of the holidays for people with mental illnesses, so i wouldn't say the book itself is middle-grade at all.)

there was a section each from tori, charlie, and oliver's perspectives of the family's christmas. oliver's section came last and was my personal favourite :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia and Self harm

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.75

No surprise that I loved this book! I absolutely ADORE the Heartstopper series and the show so any more Nick and Charlie content I can get I'm all here for. I love how we got all the siblings' perspectives in this one especially Oliver's; he's literally the cutest! Again, I absolutely adore Nick and Charlie's relationship and how healthy it is, and how they're always there for each other no matter what. I also admire how taboo mental health can be/still is through Charlie's interactions with his immediate and extended family. It tackles the people who are trying to be sincere but fail, the people who are just plain ignorant, and the people trying to help, but don't know how. I love the dynamic between Charlie's siblings and how patient Tori is with Charlie, it really pays to have siblings like that. I don't know if they tackled it in the other books and I just missed it but I hope we find out why Tori is the way she is. She seems so sad and I can't begin to fathom why. Maybe she's in other Alice Oseman books, I don't know. I haven't read all of them, but I'll most definitely be going through her backlist. I just adore her books so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Eating disorder

Moderate: Biphobia and Homophobia