Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

20 reviews

strange's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

• 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Transphobia and Alcohol

softgalaxy's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? No

4.0

Content warning: colourism, difficult relationship with father, use of  anti-LGBTQ slurs - see other CWs below.

What a book. I just wish it was fully in verse. The sections that were fully in verse were amazing! I wanted more of that! The last pages of the book really made it for me, it was beautiful seeing Michael “become”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Lesbophobia

dorothysbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Biphobia, Child abuse, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Colonisation

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 3.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Transphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Suicide, and Lesbophobia

kie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

anenbydragon's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

sarah984's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-paced

• 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

3.0

This book is a coming-of-age novel in verse that does a few time jumps and covers a lot of issues with identity from family to sexuality to race. I wanted to appreciate it more than I did. Some parts were beautiful and I would really be enjoying the book, but then other parts felt disconnected and ground the pace to a halt to the point that it was a struggle to keep reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Transphobia

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

felt very 'meh' about this through-out the whole of this book, but the ending really packed a punch! it was strong and containted some great lines. I got 'perks of being a wallflower' vibes from the narrative, and i get that this book can be really comforting to young queer and black queer people so i love it for that! it wasn't enterily my thing, but it reads very fast and is a great book to get out of a reading slump or something i think :)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Transphobia

neglective parent

hannahmayhere's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Transphobia

Minor: Suicide

librariesoflindsey's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Violence

Minor: Hate crime and Police brutality