Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

The Devourers by Indra Das

7 reviews

eb_rivers's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.5

I struggled to read this in the beginning but the more I read the more I loved it. The story felt very raw and complex. Some of the characters are unlikeable and some aren't pleasant but you learn to like them anyways. I love the flipping between present day and the past. I especially loved it's takes on legends/myths/mythology. It's hard to describe this book in a way that does it justice. Look up content warnings, I've included some but there may be more!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Rape

sunn_bleach's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Body horror, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Transphobia and Medical trauma

sammysamsam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Murder, Body horror, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Vomit, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Self harm

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

tahsintries's review

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Body horror, and Misogyny

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

talonsontypewriters's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Murder, Rape, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child death, Abandonment, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Sexism, War, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Minor: Classism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Colonisation, Abortion, Dysphoria, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, and Racism

Smoking. Urination. Discussion of and explicit descriptions of rape, as well as depiction of aftermath, but no extended scene. Sexual coercion, victim blaming/justification of rape (by character; criticized by others and narrative), discrimination against sex workers. Pregnancy and birth by rape. Decapitation. Metaphorical mentions of bestiality. Sexual relationships in a shapeshifter-unique dynamic compared to but not necessarily equivalent to parent-child dynamics, where one party has sometimes been raised by the other since youth; discussed and alluded to, but not graphically shown on-page.

perditorian's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, and Excrement

Moderate: Vomit, Homophobia, and Gore

Minor: Transphobia

becomeinchoate's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Rape

Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Transphobia