Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Caucasia by Danzy Senna

5 reviews

greenan26's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Vomit

zedohee's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

first half is completely engrossing but after that the story settles into an overly mechanical predictability that while still interesting, had me skimming through large chunks in an effort to just get to the end.

the author excelled in portraying the frenzied, vicious stupidity of racism and colorism, how race, gender and class intersect and the consequences of self denial and self preservation. but after a while things started to feel repetitive and never ending. which i guess is realistic. 

mostly i couldn’t stop thinking about samantha, about what her life would look like and how stuck and unaware of her position she was. anyway. 

it all matters but not but not in the ways we think. senna is right about that, at least. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia

erklel's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

beautifully written, with complex, flawed, deeply observed characters. i loved birdie’s voice. lots to say about the presentation and performance of Race as well as a tender look at the process of growing up and the undeniable urge to belong.

i can’t believe this was written in 1999 — it feels perfectly modern.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Racism

Minor: Homophobia

lizzield's review

challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Homophobia

orireading's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.75

really liked this one, points off for how slow it was at moments. Wish she had dug more into birdie and cole’s imagined relationship w each other after birdie leaves Boston— birdie def was grieving cole and pictures cole grieving her too but never thinks too deeply about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide