Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen

23 reviews

alexduarte's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Rape

emmi_lee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Dysphoria, and Outing

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse

lidia710's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Vomit

Moderate: Outing, Infidelity, and Abandonment

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Incest

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

It was so easily readable, and I ran through the book so quickly. Each of the characters quickly pulled me in, and I was invested in their stories. However, it also kinda felt like an opening chapter to each of their stories. Like I want to know more. How it will continue. I want to explore their issues in greater depth. This really felt just too short and it just sort of skimmed the surface of it all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Medical content, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Addiction, Outing, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, Rape, Death, Excrement, Xenophobia, Incest, Confinement, and Adult/minor relationship

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, and Homophobia

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, Outing, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse, Colonisation, Incest, and Sexual assault

One drunken hookup brings up questions of dubious consent.

nagev's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia

ollie_again's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

I'm surprised how much I've enjoyed this book. It's very raw going in the naturalism vein of literature, sad-ish but hopeful-ish in places. The interconnected parts of the novel, each from a different point of view worked really well together and the story (as little as there is) flowed nicely.

Is this for everyone? No. But did I devoured it? Yes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcohol, and Cursing

Moderate: Outing, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

someonelikeblue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Transphobia, Abandonment, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Child abuse, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Car accident, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse

annecharlotte_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

Quelle belle surprise que ce roman. On suit 5 personnages, un frère et une sœur, des amant.es et des ami.es. On reste avec chacun.e le temps d'un court chapitre avant de changer de point de vue, avançant et reculant légèrement dans le temps pour étoffer leurs trajectoires singulières et croisées. Pour un si court roman, et vu le peu de temps qu'on passe avec chaque personnage, chacun.e est remarquablement défini.e. Des amours disparaissent, les trahisons se multiplient, un nouvel amour émerge des décombres. Au cœur du roman, l'histoire d'Arnaq touche toutes les autres et est de loin la plus sordide et tragique, alors qu'autour d'elles des vies se réorganisent et avancent. En toile de fond, un Groenland dont on ne saura rien, hors l'omniprésence de l'alcool et du traumatisme. Les personnages évoluent dans un monde minuscule (la capitale compte moins de 18000 habitants) où ne semble compter que l'alcool du vendredi soir et où il semble impossible de s'éviter. Les corps se touchent sans fin, qu'ils le veuillent ou non, et tentent de s'envoler m. Fia, Inuk, Sara et Ivik/Ivinnguaq finissent par mettre fin aux mensonges tandis que le corps traumatisé d'Arnaq l'attire vers le fond, comme une pierre autour de son cou. 
Un roman choral comme j'en ai rarement vu, cru et fin, qui vous agrippe aux premiers mots et refuse de vous lâcher. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Homophobia

Moderate: Incest