Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Избранные и прекрасные by Нги Во, Nghi Vo

4 reviews

writewithapendragon's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is short but it took me a longer time to read than I expected. Vo’s prose is beautifully poetic, each word carefully chosen. I want to go back and annotate, I enjoyed the language so much. Gatsby itself is so over-done that I wasn’t expecting this to be so unique and captivating, but it is a truly singular work.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

abominablesnowaro's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-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

3.75

Points for diversity and queer characters. Some points off for connecting them to demons and doubling down on the antisemitism from The Great Gatsby (but only in a brief mention). Overall weird, but pretty good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse and Antisemitism

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Biphobia, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

caramiaculpa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Colonisation