Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

24 reviews

mike_the_goblin's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

This is a great book, easy to recommend but difficult to read. The plot is fairly easy to follow along with but it is told in an unorthodox way. This is a great example of a writer expertly revealing character through dialogue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

shelfofunread's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, and War

tanyafrey's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Fatphobia

carlytenille's review

reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Homophobia, and Death of parent

ericageorge91's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

The first time I read this book, I finished it feeling nothing but indifference. I thought the stories were random and meandering and I kept waiting for something to shift and for me to start really caring but it never happened. It felt like a literary version of waiting for my body to sneeze. 

Going into it a second time around, knowing that there’s no plot to be had, allowed me to appreciate the story a lot more. 

I knew Lucy was a lonely character, but it took the reread for me to notice that Strout is writing this story as an extension of the character’s loneliness. Lucy just seems to be chatting her stream of consciousness to the reader like we’re her friend lending her a listening ear and she loves us—just loves us! Reading it with the Lonely Bitch lens, I’m able to see how pervasive Lucy’s loneliness was and realize that her random stories (crying subway children, the Met statue of the father and his children) are more intentional than I thought. 

References to child abuse (physical, emotional, sexual) and neglect, discussions of infidelity, war, gun violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and War

sjanke2's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Homophobia, Infidelity, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

feebles640's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: War

aezlo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, and Classism

ellensmith's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautifully and achingly sad and happy and true 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Grief, and Death of parent