Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by Margarita Montimore

19 reviews

maggies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

I loved this fun take on time travel—like The Time Traveler's Wife meets Sliding Doors meets One Last Stop, maybe? Oona's journey was difficult and confusing for her, but it was also uplifting. She made lots of choices I don't think I would have, but that made it so much more interesting to me! The twists also kept it engaging throughout, and I think it ended at exactly the right moment. Hugely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ksuazo94's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse and Alcohol

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Truly enthralling concept and execution. I feel like it's a really good exploration of what it means to be kind to yourself in all iterations, past, present, and future. Knocking off a quarter star because the author does the thing where she only describes a character's race if they are nonwhite, which is annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Car accident, and War

corriejn's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Car accident

hellovivi_'s review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This book was mind numbingly boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Infidelity

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia

travelthrupages's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

beccaruthe's review against another edition

adventurous funny relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction and Death

znvisser's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Although the premise wasn't the most creative, I did enjoy its execution. The book actually avoids most technicalities regarding the time travel and focused more on the relational effects, and I didn't mind at all.

Just when I started to wonder how the story would be wrapped up considering the chosen pace and events, there was a plot twist that took care of that. Didn't see it coming but wasn't too surprised about it either, since the hint dropping was so obvious you knew there was more to it.

Would probably have enjoyed it more if I didn't read it right after Matt Haigs Midnight Library, but nevertheless the story captured my attention and turned out a very decent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

inkell's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia