Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

27 reviews

booksandbabble's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Car accident

Minor: Death and Sexual assault

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

I really disliked The Celebrants. So I had no desire to read this book, but I’m so glad I did. A lot of my friends kept going on about it, so I gave the author a second chance. This is possibly the most charming book I’ve ever read, and I’ll be reading the sequel as soon as I can. Loved every single character and the all the journeys they all had to traverse. Loved the kids and the dog and the agent. Loved GUP, his friends, his siblings (even the sister), and Joe. Even loved the tiny role his parents played. Only character I disliked was his original agent, but I’m happy to overlook him since he had only a blip in the book and served his purpose of getting GUP a better agent. Also had to laugh and wonder if the author was nodding at Neil Patrick Harris with his choice of names and love of portmanteaus giving the GUP and the loathsome first agent both these names.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Death of parent

kimmeyer's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

itsheyfay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

readwithkel's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

4.5

This took me a little bit to get into, but I just loved it. 

The characters, the dialogue, and the little bits of comedy made this book so enjoyable. I can’t wait to read the second book in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Car accident

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts

lostinfictionaluniverse's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

This was such a sweet, adorable and light story. It was also funny. And also a story of grief and how every characters handle the grief. I loved it very much. The characters are just everything. 😁

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Car accident

Minor: Homophobia

mariposa517's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Misogyny, Sexism, and Car accident

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

crystal19's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual assault

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

emmehooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I thought this was going to be a fluffy book about all the white gay man stereotypes - I was very glad to be proven (mostly) wrong. Patrick Is still a little insufferable.  

So many beautiful reflections about the queer experience and genuine reflections of grief in all its forms. My only qualm is that some of the subplots just didn’t feel necessary (<Emory, court drama with Clara>). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment