Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Bingo Love Volume 1: Jackpot Edition by Gail Simone, Marguerite Bennett, Tee Franklin

7 reviews

mnerd63's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Dementia

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

A very sweet story, if a little rushed in parts. Everyone needs more stories about queer Black elders!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Death

Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy

penandpages's review against another edition

emotional

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Dementia

Minor: Religious bigotry

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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? N/A

5.0

A charming, romantic, bittersweet graphic novel about two queer black women who start as friends in the 1960s and quickly learn that they are in love with each other. Faced with a world that won't approve of them, they are separated and are apart for 50 years....until they aren't.

This is such a beautiful and hopeful little book with really great art and a love story to tell that spans decades and persists in spite of everything. I devoured it. This edition also includes bonus content that you don't get in the original, so that's cool too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Dementia, Death, Death of parent, and Infidelity

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

Beautiful ode to queer black women. This book taught me that love wasn't meant to be hidden and shameful, but sacred, respected and shown. It doesn't have to be public, but the ones you love must know. The characters in this book knew, and the reader knows they're loved after reading this. Books like this make me so happy to be a part of the queer community and to know there's amazing black queer books. Next time anyone asks for such rep, this is what I'm giving them. Bingo Love is a vessel for healing. It embraces QTPOC bodies and joy. The illustrations and vignettes by guest writers were amazing. Gabby Rivera wisely said,  "Bingo love demands that we live free in our truths and move forward in joy." She also said, "Queer love is the rebirth and reimaginating of connection to self, others, and the Divine." LOVE ❤️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

Minor: Religious bigotry

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Biphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Chronic illness, Medical content, Death, Infidelity, Outing, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Beautiful body positive art

sembich1031's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

This is one of the most beautiful love stories I’ve ever read. All the characters were so diverse. It really touched on religious homophobia in such a real way but there were still so many cute and loving moments that it didn’t feel too heavy. Since I read the jackpot edition I got to read so many short stories from guest writers and those were also *chefs kiss*. They fit very well with the original characters.

Spoiler

I was reading this next to my own wife and when they died together at the end I sobbed and sobbed and sobbed while clutching my own wife.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Death, Dementia, and Religious bigotry