Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Violeta by Isabel Allende

4 reviews

j9wan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

Slow start, then interesting but just not to my taste, I struggled to get through it at times. I learnt a lot about Latin America and specifically Chile, which I hadn't looked into before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, War, and Classism

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

nataliaah's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Genocide, Sexual assault, Torture, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

wylovat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Medical content, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Lesbophobia