Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Genre queer : une autobiographie non binaire by Maia Kobabe

249 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

peytonhhill's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

What an excellent book. I learned way more than I thought I would! The author does a great job of storytelling and I really feel like I have a much deeper understanding of how trans and nonbinary experiences can be after reading. I think everyone would benefit from reading this! Honestly it is way more tame than I thought it would be considering how controversial and banned it is. Hats off to the author for putting it out there, what a brave thing to do. I feel grateful for the reading experience!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual content, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

amydgirl's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Medical trauma

maddelpop's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

snowcrocs's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Gender Queer is a quick read that holds a lot of wisdom in its pages. Queer and trans people will find many moments of resonance, and I see this book being an invaluable resource for friends and family members trying to better understand their non-binary (or otherwise trans or queer) loved one(s).

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Content Warnings

Minor: Deadnaming, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

darwin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

this is one of, if not the, most relatable book I have ever read. I felt so seen by so many of Kobabe's experiences and am so glad e shared them in this gorgeous and evocative graphic novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Dysphoria

Minor: Sexual content

bibliomich's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I generally refrain from providing star ratings for memoirs, out of respect for author's personal stories. However, given the widespread banning of this book, I feel it's important to bring attention to the fact that this is a phenomenal story, and certainly one that belongs in libraries and bookstores and everywhere where there are readers.

I read this book as part of the 2024 Trans Rights Readathon, and I'm so glad that I did. Not only did I genuinely enjoy reading Kobabe's story, but I also learned so much from em. From chest binding to e/em/eir pronouns to ways to support people experiencing gender dysphoria, I learned so much that I didn't know before.

I'm so grateful that Kobabe wrote this graphic novel, particularly given the vulnerability it took to share eir story, and I am truly looking forward to reading more of eir work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Blood

antijeffbozo_love2read's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Transphobia, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Injury/gore is metaphorical and features a character impaled on a spike in a couple of different instances. It metaphorically represents emotional/physical pain and features some amount of blood, nothing else. Blood warning mainly applies to menstrual blood.

diannasbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

This memoir was beautiful, and so eye opening. I couldn’t put it down. I need to get a physical copy of it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

notsobinaryart's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

So many big thoughts and emotions. I relate to almost all of eir experiences. I felt so seen yet so sad for the confusion and loneliness both of us possessed for so long. So tender yet informative, heartbreaking yet hopeful. Must read for everyone. Redefined what a graphic novel can look like for me.

I’m hopefully going to come back and add to my review once I detangle some of my feelings.

CW for transphobia, homophobia, medical content and trauma, Harry Potter references pre-JKR was openly a blatant transphobe, blood, vomit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit