Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

31 reviews

paigeskijones's review

funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Murder, Transphobia, Alcoholism, and Classism

Minor: Abortion, Sexual content, Drug use, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Cursing, Addiction, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, and Blood

keeganrb's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Transphobia and Racial slurs

brown_nat's review

funny mysterious slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Death, Homophobia, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Addiction, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

larareads's review

dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, Murder, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content

themis_biblos's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.25

I don't know man. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Classism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Antisemitism

cooliuscaesar451's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Drug use, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Racial slurs, Trafficking, Sexism, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Ableism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Sexual violence

librarymouse's review

emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

4.0

I was 43% of the way into the book before the murder promised to be the central focus of the book took place. After readings the author's note and understanding his desire to introduce all the players bed the murder, I understood the point of it. It also somew at mimicked the slower pace of life in Savannah, as opposed to a place like New York, where the author hails from. There's some exploration of bigotry and biases in tradition and among the players in the book that lack self awareness and the murder isn't really the most important part of the story being told. It's what times the players together, at a lot of points, but it seems to be one wild and weird Savannah thing in a sea of wild and weird Savannah things. Chablis is referred to with the correct pronouns for the entirety of her time on the page and after reading this, I want to know more about the planning for Savannah's squares. So many crimes were committed by the people in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, Classism, Abortion, Cursing, Racism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Outing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Antisemitism, Infidelity, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Incest

trashbinfluencer's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Misogyny, Outing, Abortion, Addiction, Classism, Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Dysphoria, Murder, Sexism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

poplarsgarden's review

slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

mal_reads_books's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

2.75

It took a while for me to warm up to this book. The first half was slow and felt like reading a slice-of-life fiction, which is not my cup of tea. Even though it had some interesting, eccentric people, I found myself bored and wanting to quit at times. I was expecting the book to focus more on the murder case, but it’s not even mentioned until close to the halfway mark.

Nevertheless, I’m glad I made it to the end because I gained a more comprehensive understanding of the city. I liked reading about Savannah’s history and how society there functioned. It featured people from all walks of life, many who I didn’t find likable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Transphobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion and Antisemitism

Nazi and Confederate references, along with the n-word, are mentioned at least a handful of times.