Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

47 reviews

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Religious bigotry

josie24601'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Outing

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

diana_raquel's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

*4.5 stars*

"It's easier to accept hurt and pain, sometimes, than love and acceptance."

Look at me! I'm late for the party! Again! Honestly, because of the hype that this book got when it let's try". Turns out I really liked this book. It has really good character development (especially when it comes to issues of identity). True, sometimes, Felix came across as a little whiny to me (look, I understand that a lot that happened in the book was horrible, and for the most part I was on team "Felix", but there were instances when I was rolling my eyes because I don't have patience for "teen/ schoolyard bullshit"), but I still was rooting for him and I really liked his development as a character because that development felt realistic and measured, not rushed.

Another thing that I really appreciated was the pacing. Things were not rushed and everything fell into place at the right time, giving time to the characters to digest everything good and bad that happened. It also gave time to the readers to get to know the major characters. Also, I couldn't figure out who was the one to outed Felix, and that's a thing that I liked about books that involved mysteries because it gets me engaged in the book.

I think that the only thing a little more negative that I have to say is that I don't agree with the end. Look, this has nothing to do with the book itself because the end actually makes a lot of sense

Spoiler

(but, I'm a sucker for the "enemies to lovers" trope and, because of that, I would prefer that Felix ended up with Declan instead of Ezra)

, it just that the trope used its not my kind of trope. It's more of a "me thing" than a "book thing".

Overall, I really recommend this book. It's a solid story about discovering your identity, perfect for every lover of "YA" literature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

This was amazing. I loved Felix. I loved the friendships/relationships. I also loved the topics this discusses. This is intsalovey and Felix and the characters make dumb decisions but their teenagers. While this does deal heavily with transphobia, this is also really just a story about Felix falling in love with himself and others and I think that is beautiful. I highly recommend this because it’s such an important story to tell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

rockyroadbutch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Alcohol

lucy12345's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Dysphoria

leni_cant's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Outing, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Biphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

valereads's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

 "It's easier to accept hurt and pain, sometimes, than love and acceptance."

When an anonymous person puts up a gallery of Felix's pre-transition photos in their school's foyer, Felix is pretty sure he knows who's responsible: Declan Keane. Felix has a plan to get revenge: he's going to catfish him, only then Declan confesses that he's falling for Felix's alter ego and Felix might be falling for him too.

This beautiful contemporary novel follows Felix as he deals with complicated friendships, falling in love for the first time and questioning his gender. I absolutely adored this book and cannot recommend it highly enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Transphobia

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

emily_mh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

This book is officially my new favourite book of 2021. I've just finished it and I'm at a loss of what to say; it just means so much to me. I loved the conversations it held, such those about pronouns and transphobic "feminists", but also ones about love and what this feels like and looks like and how you are deserving of it. Felix was an incredible main character. He had so much confusion and hope and I felt so caught up in his journey of self discovery and acceptance. He is a character that is going to stay with me for a long time. 

However, this book deserves 5 stars not just because of how meaningful it was to me, but also because it was just GOOD. The pacing was fantastic; I read it in two sittings. The romance was gorgeous and done so, so well. The book was also just so poetic. I've highlighted so many places, and the ending was perfect. I genuinely love this book so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Outing, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Dysphoria

candacealise's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Religious bigotry