Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

18 reviews

ajay913's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Misogyny, Death of parent, Grief, Police brutality, Classism, Dysphoria, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Drug abuse, Vomit, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Suicide, and Alcohol

danileah07's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Police brutality and Transphobia

christcore's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

An interesting read that I would recommend for ages 13+. 

I will say, the relationship between the protagonist and the girl she loves is incredibly frustrating. I spent the whole book hoping that the protagonist would cut ties with her altogether….

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Violence, and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual violence

ree_the_owlgirl's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, and Outing

Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexism, Violence, and Deadnaming

lyd41's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-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

4.0

Very glad I found this book to show me a unique queer experience. Provokes a lot of thought. Definitely read content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Outing, Sexism, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Child abuse, Cancer, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Police brutality, Mental illness, Cursing, Grief, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Violence, and Drug abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Trafficking, Deadnaming, and Vomit

mxpringle's review

slow-paced

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

1.0

I was so excited to read a book about queer people in Iran, because this is a group that doesn't get talked about nearly enough, but I was sorely disappointed. The entire plot revolved around an incredibly transphobic premise of a cisgender woman pretending to be trans to apparently receive less discrimination, under the assumption that trans people in Iran apparently experience zero discrimination. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

silverrose187's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

b_robinson's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

2.75

"If You Could Be Mine" explored quite a few things that I previously wasn't very knowledgeable about, so it was nice to read an interesting story and learn stuff from it.

My main subject of learning was the queer community in Iran, but also some perspectives of the main faith tradition there (Islam, I think). It was actually kinda fascinating exploring the perception of trans people - referred to as "transsexuals" in the book - with the comparison of other queer identities. It felt so different from how other societies in the world go about accommodating (or not accommodating) trans people, and so this was an aspect I really enjoyed.

I didn't really like any of the characters that much, but I could definitely appreciate their journeys, and I liked that I couldn't really predict the ending, which gave it some intrigue.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexism, and Torture

lupitabaeyongo's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

khakipantsofsex's review

Chose to DNF this book after being informed of the heavily transphobic content that I hadn’t yet reached.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia