Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

HOMO sapienne by Niviaq Korneliussen

12 reviews

lidia710's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Vomit

Moderate: Outing, Infidelity, and Abandonment

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Incest

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

It was so easily readable, and I ran through the book so quickly. Each of the characters quickly pulled me in, and I was invested in their stories. However, it also kinda felt like an opening chapter to each of their stories. Like I want to know more. How it will continue. I want to explore their issues in greater depth. This really felt just too short and it just sort of skimmed the surface of it all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Medical content, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Addiction, Outing, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, Rape, Death, Excrement, Xenophobia, Incest, Confinement, and Adult/minor relationship

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 ‘Maybe you don’t get this because you haven’t experienced it, but imagine being a kid and being completely alone. There’s no one you can turn to, and showing any kind of emotion is a risk. Everything has to be kept in. There are secrets, taboos, and you can’t tell anybody. You have to keep the secrets. You’re trapped. You just can’t escape. Can you imagine what that’s like? It’s something that I can’t get over …’ 

 

Last Night in Nuuk is the debut novel by Niviaq Korneliussen, and a contemporary one that exudes youth. Set during spring in Greenland’s capital city and a night that changes so much. A cast of queer twenty-somethings each given their own turn at narration through parties, break-ups, sex, reckonings along with the past and future. It’s a very candid portrait of adulthood, taking swings while it’s at it. Like coming in after being out in the cold too long, parts of oneself aching or gone a bit numb but the feeling sorely returns. I wonder how much range of voice it has essentially being doubly translated, from the Danish version (from Greenlandic by the author) by Anna Halager. But pick up this book and let it flow and unfold for you.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Vomit, Outing, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Colonisation, Sexual assault, Incest, and Child abuse

One drunken hookup brings up questions of dubious consent.

ollie_again's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.75

I'm surprised how much I've enjoyed this book. It's very raw going in the naturalism vein of literature, sad-ish but hopeful-ish in places. The interconnected parts of the novel, each from a different point of view worked really well together and the story (as little as there is) flowed nicely.

Is this for everyone? No. But did I devoured it? Yes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcohol, and Cursing

Moderate: Outing, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

someonelikeblue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Transphobia, Abandonment, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Child abuse, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Car accident, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse

internationalreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Homophobia, Sexual content, Vomit, Transphobia, and Child abuse

smallredboy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I quite enjoyed this! The style was really easy to read and each character popped to life, I wasn't expecting this variety of experiences and such great representation for all the identities put therein. Great read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content

bodiesinbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Outing

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

hermyknee19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Vomit

honeyhistory103's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

3.0

I quite enjoyed this book - it is one of those in which the majority of the plot takes place in the characters’ thoughts, rather than within the action. I’m a huge fan of interconnected but separate stories, and this book accomplishes that perfectly. I’d definitely want to read an expanded novel where we learn more about these characters’ lives, but it was perfect for what this book was. The writing flowed nicely - the translation of this one was well done. Definitely a book to inspire reflection on human motivations and the tiny moments that make up life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia