Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

True Biz by Sara Nović

59 reviews

reviewsandreadathons's review

emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit

stripes_and_naps's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about Deaf Culture. The only downside for me was that the ending felt too abrupt and anticlimactic but I understand why that was a choice that the author made. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Ableism, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

angelarae235's review against another edition

informative 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Racism

pandact's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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

4.5

I haven't watched Euphoria, so I'll compare this book to Elsa Sjunnesson's memoir Being Seen. It has hard-hitting personal stories and essays, and you'll love the characters and their signing even in the audiobook version! The crash course even includes some DeafBlindness as it speeds through the checklist of banned books, so you'll definitely learn something from this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Rape, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

risetorecede's review

dark emotional slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Ableism, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia, Alcohol, Racism, Car accident, and Child abuse

tamarina's review

emotional informative reflective tense

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

4.0

Loved the book and it gave me so much insight and mostly just rage against ableism and audism. As a hearing disabled person there was both a lot of new insights and a lot of relatable things. I was amazed at how quickly the protagonist learned ASL and I so much loved the myth of Eyeth. I was astonished about the history of Martha's Vineyard and so so angry about the closing of so many Deaf schools. I loved the stubbornness of the protagonist and how her choices were portrayed. The sex positive viewpoint of the narrative. And how was a reader I did a total turn in how I looked upon the activities of the group she got involved in, from quite negative to kind of rooting for them. Loved the complexity in all of this. And the way different perspectives in the Deaf community were portrayed.

Not five stars though because the ending was rather abrupt and rushed.

I really want to try and get my hands on the Dutch version as I'm really curious about the information about Dutch Sign Language (NGT) and Dutch Deaf culture!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual content

jjha's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Drug use, Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

amandalorianxo's review

informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

I was engaged for about 1/4 of the novel. We meet our three main characters - the headmistress/principal February Waters, an older out lesbian who is a CODA (adult child of deaf adults) except… well

she is hearing, not deaf. I wish February herself had been deaf. I feel like that would have added more substance to the novel and brought another full fledged adult perspective of living within a fully deaf family& the prejudices /hoops to get to where she was.

. Her wife Mel is hearing. Charlie was born deaf but her mother, wanting to keep with appearances, was convinced by medical sales reps to implant her daughter in spite of the risks. Austin Workman comes from a long maternal line of deaf family members who have lived in Ohio for generations. Surprising no one (at least not me) none of our MC are bipoc. They are all white and it’s expressed the privilege they have. In spite of that, we do meet Kayla and Alisha, the only two bipoc characters that are given lines and a faint POV. Yet I found myself wanting more.

The inclusion of Eliot didn’t fully do anything for the plot except emphasis the insanity of what religious folk assumed could be a cure for deafness when it just leads to long lasting trauma.

I myself was definitely educated and more open minded on the nuance between the difficulties deaf people face in a predominantly hearing world. But some bits and pieces could have been edited out or expanded upon. I personally didn’t see the benefit of Wanda.

Did it feel dangerously like an almost cheating / betrayal plot? Slash clearly being an anarchist but we weren’t given his pov as to why/ what lead him to this?

The ending left me even more confused and underwhelmed. I was expecting consequences ! But just like Kayla said “Waters is a softie.” 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

claudine2's review

challenging dark emotional informative 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? No

4.5

A very interesting book. A neat mixture of fiction and non-fiction. I love how it touched on so many different Deaf and Deaf-adjacent experiences. Very informative, while also being entertaining.

There were a few parts that I struggled with, but in the end, it did make sense why things happened the way they did. I didn't see where it was going until there were only about 40 pages left.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Ableism, Drug use, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse, Car accident, and Dementia

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol

invaderday's review

adventurous emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i really really really enjoyed this book! it also probably benefits from the way i have only read romance novels for like over a month so the literary writing was like a nice warm bath

anywayy this book was really super cool and kept my attention the whole time. i kind of left wanting a bit more from the ending but overall it was a satisfying story and just an all around good fucking read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Medical trauma, Drug use, Ableism, Child abuse, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit