Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

33 reviews

kari0208's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

victoriousbookworm's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Racism, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

ari_dykery's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Misogyny

olivia_piepmeier's review against another edition

hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.75

This is the fourth book by Lo I’ve read. I’m not sure what it is exactly about her writing that keeps me coming back - perhaps I know she can deliver a story and characters that feel real. At any rate, I enjoyed Last Night… and was curious about what a follow up could be like. For awhile I was reading to find the connection, but I quickly became invested in the story. Aria’s snafu felt relatable, in that 18-year-old way. Who wouldn’t want an artsy grandma with a little house on the California coast to spend the summer at? How the hell would you make friends in that situation? Oh. I see. How will this play out? How is this related to Lily? And then I couldn’t turn away. I definitely have a lot of questions but I respect leaving some stuff out. A sweet coming out story with bits of family issues mixed in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

al3xa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death and Toxic relationship

maddiereadswords's review against another edition

4.5

So here's the thing: this book is really heavy and messy and there's very little about it that was actively pleasant to read, but it was so beautifully written and so palpably real that I kind of can't help but love it anyway. I think it also helps that most of this book is set in 2013 and while I'm a little younger than Aria, the descriptions of some of the outfits and the songs and the atmosphere of it really took me back to that era of finding myself as a teenager in the early 2010s. Maybe Aria's not really an aspirational protagonist, and maybe some of her choices (and those of the adults around her!!) aren't always the best, but it felt so raw and real that I fell like it's going to stick with me for a while. (Also there's really not much of Lily and Kath in here, but what is there is so sweet and it did have me a little emotional, I can't lie.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

pipsqueaky's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I didn’t like this book as much as its predecessor, Last Night at the Telegraph Club - mainly because I couldn’t sympathize with or relate as much to the protagonist. She’s quite immature and selfish, and I don’t think she grows & changes very much by the end of the book.

She claims to be in love with Steph, but she doesn’t actually care about what Steph is going through in her current relationship, or have any respect for Steph’s actual feelings? She just wants Steph to drop everything else in her life and make out with her all the time. That’s not love, that’s an uninformed crush, and it was annoying to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Moderate: Death and Sexual harassment

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Sapphics who would adore Chappell Roan have life-altering problematic situationships. What else is there to say besides it slaps?

Also I have to disagree with everyone who rated this low because the relationship had cheating, this isn't a romance there's a reason it ends with them separated. This is about a situationship where Aria discovers her queerness through someone older (already questionable), but it ultimately fails and I for one find that a lot more raw and relatable (not all of us end up with our first queer crush/situationship nor should we) and applaud Malinda Lo for it. Also she was not a homewrecker because Steph lied to her about being poly.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia

paperquilt's review against another edition

fast-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: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Dementia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Lesbophobia

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use and Dementia