Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

4 reviews

celery's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

alidathealien's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The beginning is pretty slow, the middle is just right, and the end moves way too fast. I had honestly forgot this was classified as a thriller until the climactic sequence was something straight out of a horror movie. The last chapter felt very "wrapped up in a bow/let's get this over with" which was a little disappointing.

I still liked it though! It made me want to get back into Latin (if only briefly). I guessed a couple of the twists, but a couple did surprise me! Kinda wish they hadn't copped out with the incest though *shrug emoji*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Sexual assault, and Violence

kellysavagebooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, Dementia, and Outing

pressi_d5's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment