Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Teddy by Jason Rekulak

148 reviews

kariescott's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.0

I am so frustrated by this book!
The good: I'm not one to read entire books in one sitting, but I did with this. The story was compelling, the illustrations were perfectly creepy, and I had no idea what was going to happen in a great way.

The REALLY BAD: The Maxwells are laughably stereotypical. It's like the author listened to a bunch of Alex Jones and was like "yeah, I can make characters on that." Truly ridiculous, pretty shameful.

In summary, it's quite an enjoyable book up until the twist. Then it nosedives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Moderate: Transphobia

anissawren's review against another edition

You don't have to be trying to be transphobic to be transphobic.

Also, the female main character is clearly written by a man and the writing is just painful to read generally.

I would 1 star this if I could.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Fatphobia

arguhlincozzi's review against another edition

Found out the ending is transphobic and right wing dog whistles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Transphobia

ngbooks's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

ivykennerauthor's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol

katerinatroyanovich's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

On the surface this book was fine. It was a page turner, went quickly, kept me guessing. The addition of illustrations throughout was an intriguing idea that added an element of creepiness that I enjoyed. But I can’t get the weird micro aggressions out of my head: Stereotypical characters of color like caricatures - you’re going to make the one Latinx family landscapers that have all mission style furniture? And the one Asian character draw whiskers on her face and love anime? Also weird ideas about atheism - I’ve never met an atheist who was so intense about not celebrating holidays or letting their kid believe in the tooth fairy. Nor have I met an atheist that is happy to show their five year old graphic anatomy books that ALSO explain anal sex and cunnilingus. Wtf? And am I crazy or did the author manage to squeeze in an opinion on the gender binary? Was this transphobic? I don’t even know what I just read. Damn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Murder

elizajane99's review against another edition

Racist, sexist, and absolutely transphobic. Red flags went off in the beginning. I should’ve listened to myself. Glad I read a library ebook and didn’t give my money to a harmful cause.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Transphobia

emadisonc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

“We don’t know how much our bodies can endure until we make cruel demands of them.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Infertility and Transphobia

brina's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racism, Transphobia, Kidnapping, and Murder