Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

6 reviews

briannearnl's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Homophobia

broccoli_j's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

asipofcozy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

For such a short book, I took my time reading it. I can't even count the number of tabs and annotations I made. This book was impactful in so many ways. I found a piece of myself in the characters, in the situations they faced, in the narrator's past, and in their own personal struggles. I found that missing piece that I have been looking for all this time.

There were moments have tears, joy, inspiration, hope, and love. There were moments of sadness, despair, and loneliness. That fear of death and the fear of life. It was all here in a tiny book that I believe the world needs to read, that schools need to adopt into their curriculum. Maybe then, there would be less hatred and more understanding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mental illness, Self harm, and Eating disorder

Minor: Death, Racism, and Outing

ilona's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Transphobia

my_weird_bookish_heart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder and Body horror

someonelikeblue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

There are many boys kissing in this book. They lead different lives in different relationships and all feel like real couples. Seeing their struggles and joys breaks and warms your heart. Through their interlocking narratives, the supportive, melancholic, touching, encouraging commentary of the Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS is woven. This is the bit that makes it even more than a YA novel, a piece of poetry. 

My only concern is with how Avery, the trans boy, describes himself. It reads as a cis person describing a trans experience. And then there is that sceptical part in me that knows not all cis LGB people (past or present) would be as welcoming to him as the Chorus is.



This book still holds up after the 3rd read. Better still, there are always new passages and sentences to find and marvel over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia