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buttercat42's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Transphobia, Cancer, and Biphobia
kappafrog's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The main issue with the collection for me was how insufferable a few of the characters were. Mo really annoyed me until Sydney came along and made her seem reasonable and well rounded.
Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Transphobia, War, Ableism, Medical content, Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Biphobia, Cancer, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Abortion, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Cursing, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Mental illness
Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Deportation, Mass/school shootings, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Blood, Bullying, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Rape
dominic_t's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I absolutely loved
Sometimes it was hard to read because of all the political content, but that content was so important. It was just hard to see how we are still struggling with a lot of the same issues. It was hard to see how little progress we've made in some areas. I think reading all of the strips together in a relatively short period made that tougher to handle. I think reading them as they came out would have made that less difficult.
This is such an influential collection and such an important snapshot in time in a queer community. It's worth reading.
Graphic: Sexual content and Homophobia
Minor: Biphobia and Transphobia
Discussions of conservative politics, including the war in Iraq and homophobic lawsbashsbooks's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Pregnancy
Minor: Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Police brutality, Abortion, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Bullying, Excrement, War, and Misogyny
robinks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Dysphoria, Infidelity, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Ableism, War, Biphobia, Cancer, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Xenophobia and Abortion
cms0899's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Homophobia, War, and Transphobia
Moderate: Cancer
orchidd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Sexual content and Infidelity
town_scar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Homophobia, Deadnaming, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Cursing
Moderate: Misogyny, Alcohol, Animal death, Biphobia, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Addiction, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Grief, Classism, and Car accident
Minor: Abortion, Ableism, Bullying, Drug use, Dementia, Xenophobia, Torture, and Islamophobia
lovegriefandgender's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
There's a bid, at the moment, for stories about happy queer adults. I prefer this: the struggle to find happiness against the endless and brutal onslaughts of a system that is not designed for us and compels us — again and again — to hurt ourselves and each other. Then there are these snatches of joy and the glimpses of a better life and a story that never really ends.
Graphic: Sexual content, Dysphoria, Racism, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Biphobia, Sexual harassment, Ableism, and Transphobia
loverofeels's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Sexual content
Minor: Death, Police brutality, Car accident, Deadnaming, Drug use, Biphobia, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Abortion, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Dysphoria, Racism, and Animal death