Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

36 reviews

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Biphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

miguelito_juanito's review against another edition

challenging hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, and Drug use

daniofthewood's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and War

isfantasi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Biphobia, Sexism, and War

claire_leibovitz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Biphobia and War

kathrynok's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

nineinchnails's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

this is definitely a no plot just vibes type of book and very slow paced so i can absolutely understand why so many people didn't enjoy this or even manage to get through it, HOWEVER i loved this. i am a sucker for pretty prose though and the prose was gorgeous in this book so i'm a little biased. most of the criticism for this book is warranted but this story and its characters really appealed to me. i wish we got more on addie's time in new orleans though, it seemed like it would have given some more insight into

her and luc's relationship + would've given luc more depth. it feels like we barely got to know him

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it definitely could have been condensed just a little because "no plot just vibes" isn't much of an exaggeration and i'm not sure how it managed to be 500+ pages long but i can enjoy a slow book when i like the writing. the ending did feel slightly anticlimactic but it was more bittersweet than anything else to me. not sure if i would recommend this because the it really is slow but i definitely enjoyed this!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child death, and War

Maternal mortality/Death during childbirth

persephonefoxx's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

“But isn’t it wonderful,” she says “to be an idea?”

So this book wins the award for first book this year to make me cry. It has curled up in my brain (where I am sure it will stay) like the echoes of an idea, the secondhand mark, that Addie LaRue leaves behind.  

I don’t think I’ll be forgetting this story or the multitude of feelings it evoked in me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Biphobia, Violence, and War

rachaelreadthat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment and War

raeb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

i really liked the first 80% of this book, but was not a big fan of the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Biphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War