Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus

6 reviews

msteasam's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.75

The Shape of Water is one of my favourite movies. The book wasn't quite as good, but still very enjoyable. I just wish Elisa's relationship with the monster had more focus, as he felt more like a plot device than a character at times.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, War, Torture, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

emily_daydreaming's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book, this book, this book!
It pulled me in and held me captive until the very end. It is so dark and twisted and yet also romantic and hopeful. It was way more violent and gorey than I expected but it suited the story. The lives of the characters were woven together, overlapping each other in such a way that was so satisfying to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, Racism, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Gore, Cursing, Addiction, Animal death, Vomit, Homophobia, War, Torture, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Grief, Colonisation, Misogyny, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Racism, Ableism, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Classism, and Alcohol

casmith512's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: War, Torture, Blood, Misogyny, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual content

v171's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

 I found this to be a really enjoyable story that was a lot more than what I was expecting. I did not see the movie, but I had a loose understanding of what it was about. But I didn't realize there would be such extensive commentary on issues such as sexism, racism, ableism, homophobia, and PTSD. However, all of these themes were very seamlessly interwoven in a cohesive narrative that led to very satisfying character development for the full cast of characters. I thought this would be a plot heavy, fast paced read, but I was surprised to find that it was very introspective. There are some darker, heavy content warning scenes of the book, and don't expect any of the themes to lead to a ton of introspection. But aside from that, it was a quick, interesting read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Gun violence

Minor: Car accident, Infertility, and Infidelity

gracew's review

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.5

As beautiful in book form as it is in film. This book does a lot of background work and gives us POVs that makes some characters more likable and others more terrible. I think it captures a lot of what the film said in words the film couldn't. Also I just love women falling in love with monsters where the monsters are metaphors for marginalized people, particularly when there are other marginalized people in the story to drive the point that what makes us human is kindness, not violence. Del Torro is just *chefs kiss* honestly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Racism, Ableism, and Homophobia