Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Little Fish by Casey Plett

10 reviews

searobin's review

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• 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

4.0

This was quite the read - a bleak but humorous slice of life. My family is all mennos too, so I feel very connected in that way, and I do appreciate that! I'm trans also, but my experience is radically different than that of binary trans women. I wish we had learned much more about Wendy's grandpa, I feel like that got a bit lost? Maybe that was intentional though, we certainly don't always get the answers we seek! All in all, a very good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Transphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mental illness, Death, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Drug use, and Drug abuse

ettegoom's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• 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

4.0

I didn't love this book.  But it's an important story and it definitely had an impact.  
I guess the biggest thing it did was make me challenge some of my preconceptions, but it also made me wonder about whether this was the experience of many, or just a few.  The characters were real, flawed and their stories were sad, hopeful and challenging.  
Worth reading when you want something gritty, real, and hopeful despite all of the sh!t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Transphobia, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Grief, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Drug use, Death, and Deadnaming

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

arsenic_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Transphobia

heathersbooks100's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

Overall a good book. I did think that the middle was a bit too slow without much progression for a decent portion of it, but this book is still well written and effectively discusses the difficulties of being transgender in modern society.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Deadnaming

lycheejelly's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

racheloddment's review

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Transphobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Death

Moderate: Deadnaming and Religious bigotry

marcella's review

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.0

On one hand, this book was a litany of difficult things that happen to trans women, all squashed into a 2 month timeline. It was exhausting.

On the other hand, the relationships between the women in this book were so wonderful. Supporting each other when they were up and commiserating when they were down. I loved those relationships, even if they were a little enabling.

Ending was great because it was so anticlimactic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Drug use, and Transphobia

Moderate: Rape

marco147's review

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, and Mental illness

danajoy's review

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Medical trauma, Medical content, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Religious bigotry

leecalliope's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

I really enjoyed this book. It definitely is pretty sad in places, but the characters are all pretty sympathetic and the narrative is winding and circular in a way I enjoy. It feels more true than stories that start one place and end somewhere else with everything wrapped up.

That said? I did a little bit wish that Wendy had made some more decisions abt her life in the end. I wanted her to do something more to protect herself, whether that was getting more of a handle on her alcohol use, or deciding to be firmer abt her boundaries w all her terrible male acquaintances? And maybe that's a little too pat for this story, but I am still worried abt her!

I really like how strong and realistic her support system is. I like the way they disagree but also are still there for each other? I feel very conflicted about her relationship with her dad? A lot of it was very good but also a lot of the time it seemed like he wanted to fuck her?? Which extremely threw me off? I don't know.

I would like? To read a book abt trans people just existing in the world w out being miserable + fucked up abt it, but I understand that this is not that book! So. Maybe next time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, and Vomit

Minor: Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia