Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Cléopâtre et Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

78 reviews

xbernadette's review against another edition

dark funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Homophobia, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Classism, and Antisemitism

keesreads's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Deportation, Rape, Transphobia, Suicide, Self harm, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pedophilia, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Homophobia

alfietdonnelly's review against another edition

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

4.5

Devastating visceral and real, with a host of truly relatable peripheral characters and stories, a remarkable debut dive into contemporary prose.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcoholism, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

aseel_reads's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

i found the writing style so easy to read, which was such a strength because it is not an easy read otherwise. i actually liked the characters but i thought it was a shame that some of the side characters got meh endings, no real conclusion for their story 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Medical content, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Addiction, Mental illness, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Infidelity, and Vomit

psychedelicize555's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny fast-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: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Transphobia

coffeekitaab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

Fell in love, my favourite read of the year so far. I have to highlight that reading Eleanor's chapters were my favourite. The book was raw, emotional, funny and dark...heartbreaking yet beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Self harm, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Drug use, Transphobia, and Drug abuse

zoe_mh's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Self harm

Minor: Animal death, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

itotiani's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

The transphobic pov of the writer ruined it for me.
If you wanna read it to see what all the hype is about, borrow it from a library, don't give your money to a transphobic author.

The cis straight characters get good  development and satisfying arcs, even giving up realism in the case of

a sugar baby's very unrealistic happy ending

, but the trans character

becomes a methhead pretty gratuitously off screen, so what we actually see goes from 0 to 100% way too quickly

and is misgendered by the author throughout the whole book.

It took me a while of digesting the book to realize how deeply transphobic it was, so I see why a lot of people miss it, specially when the main character's stories are so compelling. Eleanor's chapter was my favorite in the book and I enjoyed it very much.

So I don't throw the 7 years it took Coco Melliors to finish this book in the trash, but I do think her transphobic views belong there. Like, girl, in 7 years you couldn't learn to view trans women as humans deserving respect and decent representation? Or at least to use the correct pronouns? This book could've been a 5 star if she had.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Transphobia

emisbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

i could not put this book down. SO. GOOD. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

goldseamedglass's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

This was like reliving my 20s in a way. I felt so ambivalent about every character the same way I felt about my own close friends during that time. That impressed me but what really astounded me was how realistic the conversations and especially the arguments were. How the disagreement comes in waves. How a lull would, in most books, be the moment when the characters turn it around and make amends, but in real life, and in this book, instead turn into a hint at something unresolved that simply sends tensions soaring again. Superbly well written! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Animal death, Transphobia, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Fatphobia