Reviews tagging 'Outing'

As Far as You'll Take Me by Phil Stamper

21 reviews

ddrosche's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Outing, and Emotional abuse

cor_luz's review

challenging emotional inspiring sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Outing

Minor: Body shaming

virgilvenus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Outing, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Religious bigotry

beniamino's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.25

The way younger me would have EATEN THIS UP. It's a really great book for gay youth, I think, which is why I have to give it a low rating; I've just grown up a bunch. Maybe I've "toughened up" or something, but I found myself cringing at everything going on. Kind of weird how creepily similar I am with MC. His anxiety seems really overdone, but maybe that's just 'cause anxiety's a spectrum – also, probably I was just cringing at his conversations with others about anxiety because I never had those...

his eating disorder plotline was done really really well, though; I also like the ending which focusses on him rather than the relationship. I have to give it a lower rating because his relationship with Pierce made me physically cringe, especially how fast it went... honestly, it's probably just been too long since I've read YA; but this is a perfect beach read, lighthearted when it's too dark, a great read for young gays. :)

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual harassment

rainbowpridepin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body shaming

hannahs_library_'s review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

blupies's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

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

2.0

It’s was fine, easy to read but nothing really happens in this book? I think the blurb kinda gives it all away, not that there’s much to ‘give away’. Overall, fine but not memorable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Outing

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

lou_28's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Outing and Religious bigotry

drewett's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Dysphoria, Outing, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Drug use, Deportation, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

piperclover's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing tense 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

4.75

I love Phil Stamper. This man can't write a bad book. The anxiety and disordered eating described are so realistic as are (for me at least) Marty's unease at drinking alcohol and having sex. This book set off my anxiety a bit more than I expected bc it was so sell written it sucked me in. The ending is perfect and I loved seeing a friend break up in a ya. The only thing is that the love interest has some unhealthy thoughts and they're never really addressed which bugged me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Outing

Minor: Homophobia

The love interest

tried to pressure and guilt the mc into sex but the mc puts a stop to it. Its not too bad but it is uncomfortable