Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The List by Yomi Adegoke

48 reviews

withlivjones's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Interesting premise but ended up falling flat after the first 50 pages. It felt pretty messy, way too long, I didn’t care about a single character (they all felt pretty one-dimensional and underdeveloped), and the ending came out of nowhere with no time to process it and it cheapened the whole book. Also, writing stories about false SA allegations can be pretty harmful and disrespectful unless they’re handled in a nuanced, understanding way - which isn’t the case here as some of the conversations surrounding SA victims made me very uncomfortable. Overall, not a great experience. I should’ve listened when people said not to read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia and Death of parent

smagzisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

lollierey's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

3.0

“As a child, he heard pastors speak of the ‘curse of Eve’ but it was the men who were truly doomed, he thought, by nature or nurture or both.” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

catofbones's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

greads2's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This books was so engaging and had a unique premise. It tackled a difficult subjects in an interesting way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

charlottereads_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Not sure how I felt about this one. From the get go, you know it's going to be hard for the author to write a complete story, which way to go, will it be a cliche etc. I felt that the author did a good job of showing the grey and the middle ground reaction and action of the characters. The last chapter was such a random plot twist, not sure how I felt about it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, and Gaslighting

lilinn_aion's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Stalking

ashcanpete's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

courtneyhollyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was really good. It was so thought-provoking and had me asking myself so many questions. It really makes the reader think about questioning what we see and read on social media and the conclusions we jump to. It really gave me a lot to think about.

Ola and Michael were both really compelling main characters to follow. Neither were perfect and that was what made them so interesting. We see the story from both of their perspectives, how they both handle the situation and the mistakes they make along the way. It was such a page-turning plot, I didn’t want to put it down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide