Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

40 reviews

andalicesays's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Child death, Rape, Grief, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Murder, Slavery, Homophobia, Death of parent, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Death, and Body horror

jacob_dion's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

careinthelibrary's review

slow-paced

2.0

This one had some good moments or scenes where the hairs on the back of my neck were triggered, but ultimately, it was too sprawling in PoVs and timelines for me to really sink into it. The book felt more like it covered these lives in breadth but not depth and that's never my preference. I did like how there were historical events and people interwoven in the book, that was well-done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Chronic illness, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident

jeanbpdx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Body horror, War, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Moderate: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide attempt

abiofpellinor's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Imo this should have been released instead as a duology. The second half of this book, focusing on the son rather than the father, had much less direction than the first. The fathers section was very much a horror book. The sons was dark, but nowhere near so much and the events set up by the fathers section seemed underwhelming. So much potential with this book.

I will say the representation in here around AIDS, gay people, disabled people, and more was absolutely fantastic. Everything flowed very naturally and none of the representation felt forced. Very well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Murder, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident

cowardlycod's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia

mirissab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Please give me more fiction with history, occultism, and queerness. I struggled reading this--a balance between binging and lingering on each chapter, each page. I still have questions but maybe they are never meant to have an answer. It was beautiful, haunting, and layered. Selfishly, I want more from this world, this undeniably tragic yet enchanted universe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, War, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Medical content, Alcoholism, Classism, Colonisation, Gore, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Homophobia, Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Bullying, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Drug use, and Medical content

saint_eleanor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I think this is definitely worth reading even if it left me a little dissatisfied ? I feel like i can’t really explain why. I loved the writing, the characters were super believable,  the horror was really good and it was really tied to the actual goings-on of the period in Argentina which was really sick. The story reminded me of Brand New Cherry Flavor a little. But

Spoiler

the ending left me a little off like he just killed his family and thats that? The thing in the ‘other place’ is just full now? His grandma was really that dumb? And wb adela???

anyways def recommend but didnt check all my boxes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Torture

Moderate: Violence and Sexual content

Minor: Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Racial slurs, Body horror, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Medical content, and Suicide

blackteadragon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Death, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gun violence, Addiction, Rape, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage and War