Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash

14 reviews

amaranth_wytch's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Homophobia, Violence, Bullying, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Outing, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Classism, Cursing, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Suicide, Deadnaming, Rape, and Stalking

brinnavirginia's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Animal death, Mental illness, Alcohol, Grief, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Dementia, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Violence, Outing, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Murder, and Transphobia

olivias_bookrecs's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Transphobia, and Murder

melsuke's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Gun violence, Animal death, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Vomit, Violence, Suicide, Racism, Blood, Ableism, Child abuse, and Murder

Language jump scares!

savshelfinger's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

great novel to disappear into but NOT a light read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Drug abuse

1kelsey_jw's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book felt a little miss marketed- I feel heavy for the use of trigger warnings here

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

nikenacs's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Pedophilia, Deadnaming, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, and Alcoholism

breanneporter's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Hmm! This was a weird one that I mostly liked. Rainbow Black follows our protagonist and narrator, Lacy Bond, starting in the early 90s, when she's 13, as her parents are swept up in the satanic panic of the time and accused of (and tried for) performing satanic sex acts on the young children that attended their daycare. From there, things somehow only get worse. 

Obviously it's quite dark, darker than I'd realized it'd be, and while I was quite engaged for the first two parts, I did find my interest waning a bit in the third (and final) part, where I felt like it was dragging on a bit longer than necessary, especially given the narration style, which frequently hinted at what was going to happen (or at least the spirit of what would happen) long before we got there chronilogically. There stopped being surprises/plot twists after part 1, which surprised and disappointed me, as I was hoping for another gasp-worthy moment that never came. It's very gay, with both a cis and a trans lesbian as main characters, which I loved, but it was often just so bleak and often the ways that characters acted and the things they said felt too horrible and ridiculous than could be believed. There were a few different developments that I felt were introduced and then didn't go anywhere interesting (

like the first lawyer disappearing and sending that weird cryptic note and book?? What??

), which was frustrating, and I'm honestly just not sure what to take away from this. Is it a love story? A journey to self-forgiveness? I do feel like the protagonist's inner voice was more self-punishing than I felt she deserved, and I think that's what I was meant to feel, but in that case the ending was more than a bit of a letdown. Anyway, it was an interesting read but wouldn't be my top recommendation; will keep an eye out for more from this author, though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, and Homophobia

aubreyfrogger's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia

emilycmarshman's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Deadnaming, Child death, Grief, Gore, Child abuse, and Bullying