Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

119 reviews

ruminant's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense

• 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: Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

forthe_girlwhowaited's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

mxfloral_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Outing

sims2machinima'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

5.0

i ate this shit up!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

booknerdz28's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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: Death, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

servemethesky's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I was quite pleasantly surprised by this book! I wasn’t expecting much, but it was full of beauty and hope and art and grief. It does feel very YA, so mentally prepare yourself if you’re an adult to be a little frustrated with the characters. Then remind yourself “damn, they’re only 13 or 16.”

I loved how this author wrote about art. Everything jumped off the page so vividly, from Jude’s sand sculptures to Noah’s murals. Just beautiful. And I loved the characters, like Guillermo and Oscar. 

It was beautiful to see the twins work through their grief and unravel the truth eventually so they could be their truest selves. I wish my family could’ve healed and told the truth as much 2 years post our mom’s death as the family in this book did, damn! 

It does feel melodramatic at times, which I somewhat expect of YA. Also, someone desperately need to tell this author it’s not okay to say “surftard” 100x in your novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

jody_deijlen's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Sexual assault

niteskyi'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Car accident, and Death of parent

tinie_frogie's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Homophobia

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

beth_s98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

While I feel like the story thinks it’s trying to tell a deeper message than it is, I really respect the amount of planning that went into the plotting. There’s so many twists and turns and weaving of things together. While it’s definitely not a bad read (I devoured it in less than three and a half hours on this second read, many years after the first) I’m not sure I’ll want to read it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Outing

The rape happens about fifteen percent of the way through the book, in the middle of the second section. It is referenced later throughout.