Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Us by Sara Soler

10 reviews

black_flamed_candle_b00ks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Biphobia, Transphobia, Dysphoria, and Cursing

Minor: Deadnaming, Mental illness, and Hate crime

jayisreading's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

3.5

Us is a graphic memoir that focuses on Sara Soler’s relationship with her partner, Diana, who is a trans woman, and how they navigated the reactions that people had about Diana’s transitioning. While Soler herself isn’t trans, she takes care to focus on her partner’s experiences, and the good and bad of how people reacted. Relatedly, I appreciated that Soler disclosed her initial reactions to Diana being trans, which weren’t especially negative per se, but they weren’t necessarily the greatest either. I do think it takes some courage to be that honest, and I like that she took time to reflect on this and understand how she needs to improve.

That being said, Us really read more like a guide for cisgender people on how not to react to people coming out as transgender. While Soler did place focus on Diana’s experiences (and, of course, their relationship), the whole graphic memoir still read very much like it was coming from a cisgender person and how they’re understanding the trans identity. It didn’t quite rub me the wrong way, but I felt like it would have been better to have gotten Diana’s actual perspective.

It’s clear that a lot of love went into this graphic memoir, and I’m certainly glad that Soler was and continues to be an incredibly supportive partner for Diana. I just think I wasn’t the target audience, especially because this graphic novel definitely had more of an educational slant to it than I expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Misogyny

robinks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

I loved this story! As a trans person, the anecdotes were so relatable. The art and colors are also really cute.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Sexism, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Deadnaming

Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Mental illness

growing_haru's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Biphobia

indigo_fox's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

The art style was very pretty, I really liked it a lot! The characters were very expressive which is always a win in my book. This book was very informative, it was nice reading about another trans person's experiences (made me feel less alone). I highly recommend to anyone who is curious or wishes to learn more about the topic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria

madscientistcat's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Biphobia, and Dysphoria

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Dysphoria, and Deadnaming

betweentheshelves's review

emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

This is just a really lovely graphic novel memoir about finding yourself, and finding people who accept you as you are. The overall tone is lighthearted, but doesn't shy away from some of the more difficult topics that come with being trans and queer in present day society. I especially appreciated that they emphasized that there is no one way to be trans, and highlighted a lot of information in that aspect. 

The tone stays pretty upbeat for most of the book, and I thoroughly enjoyed the art style. An important book and just a lovely one to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Dysphoria, and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Misogyny

lettuce_read's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Bullying, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Misogyny, Deadnaming, and Homophobia

vgp's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

La memoria de una pareja que se enfrenta a la transición de una de ellas. Nos hablan de empatía y de escuchar a las personas que nos rodean, en clave de humor.
La idea más importante que saco de esta memoria es que las historias de transiciones son únicas para cada persona.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Dysphoria