Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable

52 reviews

lavenderbtcpodcast's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

So sweet in the end. I'm so happy for the main character and Sam family to finally be together.
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goatieboi's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective 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

2.75

It had its ups and downs, but over all it was an enjoyable read! I do wish they had a trigger warning for some of the subject matter because it took me out of the book a few times. There is a lot of heaviness to it that I think people should be aware of before they read. 

Also, some things could have been condensed because it made the latter half of the book feel a little rushed.  I wanted to see more of the main gal thriving and wanted a little less heavy handedness of the message. I say this and I remind myself that this is for teens, not a 30 year old queer. 

Again I did enjoy it quite a bit! 
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pich's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

While I do wish there were more instances showing Amanda’s unawareness of her being in love with Cat,
I still like the way the story unfolded. I loved the inclusion of the punk scene and the various characters with it, as well as
the moments between Dina and Amanda, along with Amanda’s mother.
I feel as though Amanda
having kissed both Adam and Laura was an interesting plot line, especially considering Pam’s words about ‘being pulled to the other side’ and having those sides be shown with those two characters. With that in mind, too, I hope Laura figured stuff out on her own, as well.
 
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marslotus's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • 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

4.75

I really really love the theme throughout this novel of misremembering formative events, such a real thing that can happen so often. I also love how imperfect Amanda is, a coming out story doesn't have to be innocent and the complexity of her relationships is so compelling.
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queenkath32's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious tense
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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bobabunnie's review against another edition

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

4.0

accurate messy queer teen high school drama (source: i also went to catholic school in morristown nj)

my only complaints are that the ending seemed to be concluding for forever, and a couple of jokes in places that didn’t seem fitting— but otherwise, good story!
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illiteratepaige's review

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4.0

this book was extremely not like i expected it to be but i really enjoyed it
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laura_mcgovern's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
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augie_grabenstein's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No

2.0

No section breaks. Scene changes were often very abrupt. 

For a book about a queer youth, there was A LOT of homophobia and transphobia in this book.
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clemrain's review against another edition

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

2.75

Expressive art, underdeveloped and overwhelming story.

The first third of the book was painful to get through. The second third picked up. And the last third sped through everything.

It took me a month to finish this, and that included me pushing through the first hundred pages over three days, not reading it for a month and completing the rest of the book slowly over two hours.

There was just a lot going on in this story and it would’ve been much better if the story arc spanned volumes instead of just pages of one volume.

I did not enjoy the characters.
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