Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

106 reviews

marigoldgem's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Gaslighting

brandirecognition's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Be warned that the inciting incident is a transphobic hate crime (outing & deadnaming) that continues throughout the story. Hard to read given the rampant transphobia being enacted by US state legislatures, but Felix's personal journey toward loving/accepting all parts himself makes this an affirming trans story. The YA love triangle made this hard to read at times, but the set up and fall out was a realistic seventeen year old problem.

Felix had to feel more secure in himself and his relationships with others before he could be open to understanding that Ezra loved him. The story's trampling on Declan felt undeserved, though, especially because he and Felix's poor communication skills were similar and ended up causing the same problem for each of them.

 
The gratuitous references to Harry Potter were jarring and honestly a huge detractor for me. This book was published in 2020, when Rowling was very much openly a terf. just a bizarre choice
Felix's gender journey was well-written and realistic and definitely made me tear up. 4/5 stars in regards to his continuing journey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria

theuncannydani's review against another edition

2.0

challenging hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Very underwhelmed and I don't want to read about teenagers anymore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Transphobia, Outing, Dysphoria

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment

gwarren's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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: Complicated

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Beautiful and insightful, definitely worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Classism

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Transphobia, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

gilnean's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Stalking, Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content

templetoncecelia's review against another edition

4.75

challenging inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Transphobia, Abandonment

mobymaize's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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At first, I did not enjoy Felix Ever After. But as I read, I slowly became more attached to the characters, more interested in the plot and the mystery, more excited by the set pieces and the characters. By the end of the book, I was crying. God, I really enjoyed this book. Also, I really like the descriptions of the city, not just the physical descriptions of the city, but the people who live in NYC and how they interact with the city and how it makes a bunch of streets and businesses and crazy people a city.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Classism

Moderate: Death, Grief

Minor: Police brutality

catherine_rose's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia

jcol's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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a good book for a ya reader! 
I didn't like the whole 100% of it (some parts reminded me of my immortal tbh) but it is compelling and touches many different themes that can help a teen or ya person.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Transphobia, Outing

a big plot point is catfishing and outing someone else