Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

6 reviews

ajay913's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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, Homophobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Misogyny, Death of parent, Grief, Police brutality, Classism, Dysphoria, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Drug abuse, Vomit, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Suicide, and Alcohol

mstrouse's review

emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Police brutality, Grief, Hate crime, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, and Trafficking

ree_the_owlgirl's review

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, and Outing

Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexism, Violence, and Deadnaming

lyd41's review

dark informative reflective 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

Very glad I found this book to show me a unique queer experience. Provokes a lot of thought. Definitely read content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Outing, Sexism, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Child abuse, Cancer, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Police brutality, Mental illness, Cursing, Grief, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Violence, and Drug abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Trafficking, Deadnaming, and Vomit

b_robinson's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

"If You Could Be Mine" explored quite a few things that I previously wasn't very knowledgeable about, so it was nice to read an interesting story and learn stuff from it.

My main subject of learning was the queer community in Iran, but also some perspectives of the main faith tradition there (Islam, I think). It was actually kinda fascinating exploring the perception of trans people - referred to as "transsexuals" in the book - with the comparison of other queer identities. It felt so different from how other societies in the world go about accommodating (or not accommodating) trans people, and so this was an aspect I really enjoyed.

I didn't really like any of the characters that much, but I could definitely appreciate their journeys, and I liked that I couldn't really predict the ending, which gave it some intrigue.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexism, and Torture

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, and Trafficking

Minor: Police brutality