Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

14 reviews

luckykosmos's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

Reads halfway between Good Omens and a Rick Riordan Presents title - funny and sweet about people coming together and finding themselves and loving one another. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Antisemitism

Minor: Homophobia

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

parenthesis_enjoyer's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Deportation

kmoz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death

Minor: Homophobia and Pregnancy

snerp_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and Deportation

nightstitch96's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Antisemitism

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

meganpbell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Fans of Good Omens’ Aziraphale and Crowley will find so much to love about another angel-demon odd couple, Uriel and Little Ash! Warm-hearted, whimsical, and wise, this queer, Jewish historical fantasy follows these two unlikely partners in pursuit of performing a mitzvah for a lost girl from their tiny shtetl in the Old Country all the way to Ellis Island and a Lower East Side full of immigrants, strikers, radicals, and many newfound friends!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Deportation

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

hopeful 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 love this book so much I can’t talk about it because my thoughts inevitably devolve into unintelligible noise. From the first page (figuratively, because I read the audiobook) it was like the story vibrated at the same frequency as my brain.

It’s a fundamentally queer, neurodivergent and Jewish story with love, kindness and humour at its core. I want to read it a thousand more times!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Deportation

flyingryndeer's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Homophobia

razzberry_pi's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

Excellent story weaving themes of queer love and identity with a story of immigration and strike making/breaking in New York 

Sprinkled with many references to jewish culture, folklore and experiences in both the  "old country" as well as the lower east side

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation