Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

2 reviews

bearystarry's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Fuck capitalism, fuck white supremacy, fuck the police. Incredibly rewarding read, even if it’s excruciatingly painful sometimes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Outing, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Medical trauma, Excrement, Bullying, Body shaming, Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Death, Sexism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Racism, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Homophobia, Cursing, Child abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Genocide, and War

pourrir's review

emotional inspiring sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, but it was not fun to read. A friend of mine described it as a sense of dread that pervades as you read, knowing the next bad thing is going to happen. This book refelcts a real history so well that I had at first mistaken it for a memoir. My only criticism is that the author excelled at writing tragedy, but most of the feel good moments were too cheesy or unbelievable. This could either be due to intentional style by the author, as I feel they get more authentic as the book progresses, or it could say something very sad about the life Feinberg lived.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Rape

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Outing, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide