Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman

35 reviews

buttermellow's review

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Infidelity, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

catch__up's review

hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Sexual content, Confinement, Car accident, Grief, and Outing

Minor: Medical content, Violence, Bullying, Alcohol, Infertility, Physical abuse, Deadnaming, and Infidelity

attackrat's review

reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria and Transphobia

dearvillains's review

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Infidelity, Ableism, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

thecolouryes's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

This was a fantastic book. It took me much longer to read than I expected; not because the plot is slow, exactly, things happen at a decent pace, but because there was a lot of content to chew on. It's ultimately a book about identity and choosing to live as opposed to just not being dead. The vampirism is a metaphor, but not in the way you think. (It's a metaphor. It's always a metaphor, even if the creator didn't intend it as a metaphor.) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Confinement, Mental illness, Blood, Dysphoria, and Transphobia

Minor: Sexism, Grief, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, Car accident, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

awildeasriel's review

dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Hate crime, and Deadnaming

Minor: Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Car accident

This book deals with some heavy topics, including transphobia, vampirism and AIDS. It includes depictions of dysphoria, hate crimes and physical abuse as part of this, and the deadname of the protagonist and his partner are revealed. The book generally deals with the matters sensitively however it may be offputting to readers particularly affected by any of these issues.

pobi's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A very good book, but a bit too sad and existential (and romancey) for my taste tbh. I liked the way it played with form, and it's nice to read a book about trans masc people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Transphobia, Sexual content, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Hate crime, and Death

Minor: Infidelity, Dysphoria, and Addiction

dustghosts's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Sexual content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Chronic illness, Transphobia, Violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Car accident and Deadnaming

eegekay's review

emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Car accident, Death, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, and Blood

mjwhitlock18's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

I’m not sure that I knew what I was getting into with this book, and I’m still not entirely sure where I stand on it. It is ultimately a vampire story that explores gender, sexuality, identity, fandom, and the archiving of lives and ephemera. It feels more like a true autobiography than fiction. It’s raw, tangled, and at times disjointed. This queer Jewish trans male vampire meets and has a fast burning relationships with a bisexual widow, as he is archiving her dead wife’s belongings. I’m not sure that I support the romance, as it feels not entirely healthy, but I’m also not sure if I’m supposed to as a reader. This book is light on plot, heavy on dialogue and metaphors, and mostly about relationships and people figuring their shit out. Overall, it’s spooky, queer, and weird, and if that’s your vibe, give it a shot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity and Blood

Minor: Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault