Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

19 reviews

samwein's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Racism

Moderate: Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Violence, Racial slurs, Bullying, Abandonment, Misogyny, Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Sexism, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content and Transphobia

tetedump's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Racism, Gore, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

The book is set in the 1800s so I don’t expect the cis character to have a big vocabulary on gender but it does seem a bit ridiculous at some point that she doesn’t understand or get that her sibling that addresses themselves as a boy and later a man, dresses to be seen as a man and introduces himself as her brother is a trans guy. I understand the character thinking initially her little sibling maybe was trying pretending to be the son the father wanted or because pay was better or society was kinder to boys but it continued his entire life and including in entirely private manners that her confusion or denial seemed like it would get addressed or confronted just not to which was frustrating to feel like the character was being misgendered???

The fourth part is the weakest and honestly somewhat seemed like a female protagonist suffering in a very gendered way just to suffer even if it was used to discuss gender and racial violence. The family dysfunction was really interesting. But I also felt like Lucy was constantly acting like she didn’t care or look out for her family despite being literally her only family member that basically made every decision considering their well-being first or literally being child. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

kananineko's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Racism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Dysphoria, Grief, Trafficking, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death, Deadnaming, and Outing

jamesdavid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Rape, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual violence, Animal death, Transphobia, and Sexual assault

erinmcav's review

adventurous emotional 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: Alcoholism, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse and Transphobia

Minor: Sexual assault

mo13's review

emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death

Moderate: Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Racial slurs

signeskov's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Transphobia

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Death of parent, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Genocide, Pedophilia, and Transphobia