Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

175 reviews

almostelle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship

olivia_piepmeier's review against another edition

informative tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Lo just knows how to tell a good story, so with that and the LGBTQ historical fiction topic AND it's Vermont Reads pick of the year, I wanted to at least give it a try. She does a great job describing the world Lily lives in. San Francisco feels like a character within itself. The little blips of experiences of her family were interestingly used to frame the reader on where Lily is coming from based on the experiences of her family. Particularly when this "don't say gay" mess is going around, this seems like a very timely book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs and Toxic friendship

Minor: Deportation, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Outing, Hate crime, Grief, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mental illness, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, War, Medical content, Violence, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, and Infertility

nightmaresandfairytales's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Outing

sprucewillow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

I really loved this book. Great look into 1930-1950's Chinatown/San Francisco gay scene, as well as the life of Chinese families before and during WWII. I have never read a queer book like this. I have learned so much (thanks to the author for including more historical details at the end!) and am incredibly grateful LGBT has advanced so much that the homophobia Lily had to cope with is less nowadays, at least in the US.

Ending was a bit lackluster but I can forgive that. 

This is how I like historical fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Misogyny and Toxic friendship

tessvosper's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Hate crime, Racism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, Outing, and War

Moderate: Classism

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Outing, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

willthebean's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content

kirsto's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

The romance of this book just didn’t draw me in. It felt like there was no build up and all of the sudden they’re together for the last 1/4 of the book. It was still sweet though and I’m happy to see more butch/femme books out in the world, especially one with a chinese american MC. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content

midnightbelles's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was overall really sweet and well written. I enjoyed it a lot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Racism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Outing, and Miscarriage