Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

10 reviews

kelinao's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Transphobia

tourmalinequeen's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Harry Potter and the Deus Ex Machina. The plot was not seeded in the preceding 6 books, despite them all doing the world building and the setup of the climax of the story. The worst of the series. Again action packed to distract from the lack of both plot and character development. Much of the beloved wider cast is killed off to distract from the lack of high stakes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

whitneypuppy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Author is transphobic, fuck JKR, protect trans kids 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia

waywardbard's review against another edition

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

ava_grace's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Death of parent, Abandonment

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Pregnancy

A note on some of the content warnings. Although the transphobia is not explicit, the author very clearly believes in a “gender binary,” and therefore segregated bathrooms, dorms, etc. according to that discriminatory belief system. Furthermore, there are several remarks and depictions that I, personally, consider to be sexist because they reinforce stereotypes based on gender. (And, again, the author believes gender to be binary.) For example, most of the females frequently weep while the males remain stoic. At one point, the author describes Vernon and Petunia as looking as horrified as if their son, Dudley, had confessed he wanted to be a ballerina. While sexism and transphobia are not major plot points, I wanted to warn viewers for whom this type of content (even to a minor degree) is triggering, so that they may be aware and make an informed decision.

rini's review against another edition

1.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

miriam_in_life's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

alisazhup's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Transphobia

vsnuffles's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

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I loved these books growing up. It really helped feed my love of fantasy and link it back to coming of age in a way I hadn't enjoyed previously. It had some problematic elements and wasn't the best written, but it inspired and was somewhat a relic of its time. Unfortunately its become more apparent that the author was simply going with the times and making mistakes after she doubled down on rhetoric that harms children. I love who these books helped me become, but I've also grown beyond them.

In any case I don't believe in an 100% death-of-the-author stance and this series simply does not deserve so high a rating as I once had given it. This is due in some part to the sheer hypocrisy of its positive messaging. Like it or not, the still-living author has sullied what was once good about this series. But I do draw some positivity and hope from all this that other works will deliver on and far exceed what this series promised.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia