Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

167 reviews

tey_lynn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Deportation

danileah07's review

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Outing

elpisgalaxy'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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation

queerloras's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Deportation

emily_mh'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? No

5.0

I don’t really feel capable of giving a proper, detailed review of this book because I am simply in awe of it. Just know that it is a perfect book about queerness, lesbians pining for each other, a gorgeous sibling relationship, celebrating every part of who you are, complicated families, mental health, the trauma of religious bigotry, being Brown and queer in a majority allocishet white space, forced separation from family, relearning to trust, rebonding with loved ones, simple and massive moments of joy, and ultimately, hope. I loved reading every second of it. 

My favourite quote was: “I can’t make him love himself. The closest I can get is loving myself unapologetically right in front of him.” 

Rep: lesbian Chicana MC, lesbian Chinese-American LI, bisexual Chicano SC, Native American (Navajo) SC, queer Black SC 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Deportation

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: forced separation from family, disownment, suicidal ideation Minor: loss of a loved one, colourism, one use of the Spanish homophobic m-slur, one use of the lesbophobic d-slur

tinysierra's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

This was a great book! 

It has some serious aspects, like discussions and scenes about religious trauma, deportation, racism, homophobia, outings, depression and attempted suicide. 

It also had a lot of funny and cute moments, too. It has the beard trope where the “straight” character fake dates the queer character’s partner to avoid coming out. 

I loved the different discussions that Bo and Yamilet about their heritage, since Bo is Asian and Yami is Mexican American. 

And now I need to rewatch and listen to Selena.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Outing, and Deportation

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

alex1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Outing

annie26's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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

4.0

What a frank but hopeful portrayal of being a young, queer POC. This was a thoroughly enjoyable and fun read but it did not shy away from the reality of how tough coming out can be. I would love to see this adapted into a Netflix movie. 4 solid stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Homophobia

jesikasbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

Pay attention to the trigger warnings on this one, the content for them isn't light.

I struggled with this one because of them but also, this felt clunky and messy to me. (

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

silvershadowsea's review

4.0

heavy but really really good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Outing, and Deportation