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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit
White zeroes in on a really important talking point—people from rural places like West Virginia deserve attention and care just like those from big cities. The people from those places who are queer or disabled or anything other than white deserve to be able to live where they came from without having to be chased out of town by bigots. And in this case murdered/terrorized by bigots. It’s a powerful message that needs to be said.
My main issue with this book is the pacing, honestly. I felt like there were one too many slow moments, but also that Miles’ recovery time felt unrealistic. Maybe I’m wrong, but it just felt like it went by so fast in the beginning. And the end happened so quickly too.
A quote:
“There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to acknowledge, the uncomfortable weirdness of turning away.”
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Vomit, Car accident, Toxic friendship
and his characters are so well
thought out and executed. i absolutely loved this.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Ableism, Deadnaming, Car accident, Dysphoria, Classism
Minor: Sexual violence
This was my first book by the author and definitely will not be my last. This book talked about much needed problems in today's society, including transphobia, homophobia, classism, police brutality, etc. These are real every day problems that the author handles very well in this book and I think he does justice. Overall this book is a must read of the year in my opinion. Though I will say as a trans person, this book can be triggering (and can be triggering in other ways as well) so please read the content warnings carefully.
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Outing, Classism
Moderate: Torture, Transphobia, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Transphobia
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Violence, Classism
Minor: Transphobia
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship