Reviews tagging Homophobia

Her Body and Other Parties, by Carmen Maria Machado

16 reviews

maksipad's review

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

A few of the short stories were hard to get through (specifically Especially Heinous and The Resident) but overall I enjoyed the book and admired how she wove such complex themes into each story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Homophobia

tinyjude's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.25

I guess not for me but I appreciate the creativeness 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Homophobia, Death, Fatphobia, Body horror, Animal death, and Alcohol

inamerata's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Death, Mental illness, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Homophobia and Pregnancy

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Body shaming, Gore, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Abandonment, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, and Child abuse

Illness outbreak, epidemic ("Inventory"). Unreality ("Especially Heinous"). Insects ("Eight Bites," "The Resident"). Illness ("The Resident").

ghostgirl666's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Sexism, Blood, Drug use, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Child death

The first story, The Husband Stitch, has depictions of underage sex; the second story, Inventory, also describes sexual interactions between minors. Inventory and Mothers depict relationships with questionable age gaps.

tati_jurisic's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

jessisbest's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

As with lots of short story anthologies, some stories were better than others. Especially heinous was my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Eating disorder

Minor: Homophobia

dhritigupta's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

it took me a bit to get through this, but i still liked it! i felt like i was too dumb to fully understand the stories a lot of the time, but many of them still stuck with me! the writing was beautiful the whole way through, but some stories i wanted to know what was going on a bit more!! my faves were mothers, inventory, real women have bodies and eight bites. however, even with the ones i didn’t get as much, i’m still thinking about them, bc they grow on you by the time you finish the story. like with especially heinous and the resident i’m still thinking about the perfect eeriness, even if i didn’t love them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Medical trauma, Gore, Animal death, Murder, Body shaming, Body horror, Fatphobia, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

ejr1904's review

dark funny tense slow-paced

3.25

It was hit and miss. 

I wanted so desperately to fall in love with all of these tales, but only a couple of them resonated. The Inventory was sensational and the ribbon was a really fascinating modernized version of urban legend. It was dark and nostalgic. 

I felt like the SVU story missed the mark. It was long, over imagined, and was difficult to track. I was most excited for that, but I was neither moved by the meaning nor the prose. 

Her writing is impactful and the subject matter is crucial, I was just left with wanting a bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence