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captainoliimar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Characters - 7.5/10
Atmosphere/Setting - 7.25/10
Writing - 7.25/10
Plot - 8.75/10
Intrigue - 7.75/10
Logic - 8.5/10
Enjoyment - 7.75/10
Graphic: Hate crime, Sexism, Transphobia, Sexual content, Outing, Drug use, Deadnaming, Classism, Bullying, Alcohol, Racism, Abandonment, and Cursing
Moderate: Biphobia, Medical content, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Stalking
Minor: Police brutality, Acephobia/Arophobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Medical content, and Addiction
anton13's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Bullying
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Grief
Minor: Religious bigotry, Dysphoria, Hate crime, and Drug use
uniparemassilmas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Deadnaming, Alcoholism, and Transphobia
gagne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Drug use
Minor: Homophobia
absent parentspiritedfaraway's review
“For trans and nonbinary youth: You’re beautiful. You’re important. You’re valid. You’re perfect.”
I have so many feelings, I was going to drag reading this out even longer because I absolutely fell in love with Kacen Callender’s writing, but I just blew through the last hundred pages. I’ll write a longer review later, just know that I love this.
“I’m not flaunting anything. I’m just existing. This is me. I can’t hide myself. I can’t disappear. And even if I could, I don’t fucking want to. I have the same right to be here. I have the same right to exist.”
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Racism and Deadnaming
Minor: Medical content
There is also public outing, misgendering, online harassment, catfishing, doxxing, disownment due to sexuality discussed, and parental abandonment.axelstudies's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia
Moderate: Deadnaming
Minor: Drug use, Alcoholism, Racism, Homophobia, and Sexism
lovelybookshelf's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying and Transphobia
Minor: Alcoholism and Deadnaming
lorithereadingfairy's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“I was hurt this summer, hurt more than I thought I ever could be. It could’ve been easy to say I was hurt because I’m trans, because someone singled me out for my identity, but there’s something weird about that—something off, about suggesting that my identity is the thing that brought me any sort of pain. It’s the opposite. Being trans brings me love. It brings me happiness. It gives me power.” Ezra’s biting his lip as he grins at me. I shrug a little. “It makes me feel like I’m a god. I wouldn’t change myself for anything.”
He shrugs with a smile. “I honestly don’t care that much about labels. I mean, I know they’re important to a lot of people, and I can see why—I’m not knocking them. It’s just . . . I kind of wish we could exist without having to worry about putting ourselves into categories. If there were no straight people, no violence or abuse or homophobia or anything, would we even need labels, or would we just be? Sometimes I wonder if labels can get in the way. Like, if I was adamant that I’m straight, does that force me into only liking girls? What if that’d stopped me from falling in love with a guy? I don’t know,” he says again. “I get that labels can be important.”
“They connect us. They help create community,” Leah says. “I can see what you’re saying. If the world was perfect, maybe we wouldn’t need labels. But the world isn’t perfect, and labels can really be a source of pride—especially when we’ve got to deal with so much crap. I’m really freaking proud to be a lesbian.”
😭😭😭😭 This is my first time seeing something like this be on page, and have a discussion. These type of discussion in queer always makes it awesome-and how just being labeled as ‘queer’ is okay.
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Ableism
Moderate: Racism and Child abuse