I haven't looked at the source yet, but from experimentation I'm finding it rather hard to guess what the rules are for what works and what doesn't:

Python 3.7.3 (default, Mar 30 2019, 03:37:43) 
[Clang 10.0.0 (clang-1000.11.45.5)] on darwin
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>>> import decimal, fractions, numpy
>>> sorted([1, 2, 3], reverse=0.5)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: integer argument expected, got float
>>> sorted([1, 2, 3], reverse=decimal.Decimal(0.5))
[1, 2, 3]
>>> sorted([1, 2, 3], reverse=fractions.Fraction(0.5))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: an integer is required (got type Fraction)
>>> sorted([1, 2, 3], reverse=numpy.int64(1))
[3, 2, 1]
>>> sorted([1, 2, 3], reverse=numpy.bool_(True))
[3, 2, 1]