Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

25 reviews

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Pregnancy

hmdavis99's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Pregnancy and Outing

Minor: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Death of parent

trash_reader_'s review against another edition

1. The ableism in this book is disgusting. You can have an autistic character without infantilizing them. And it IS autism, not Aspergers. If the author had done any research into a disability she wanted included in her book, she would have known that. But the autistic character wasn't there because she wanted queer AND disability representation. The autistic character was there for character development of everyone else and so we could see who the nice people were and who the mean people were.

2. I have an issue sometimes with people who middle-aged and older writing young adult novels about teenagers because 9 times out of 10, they don't know what they're doing when they're writing these teenaged characters and they come off as completely unbelievable. No teenager talks like that or acts like that.

3. Insta-attraction is a no-go for me. Almost always an immediate DNF.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Homophobia

ckoestner's review

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

stacy837's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual content, Cursing, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

space_bandit's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Ableism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

scarlett_sometimes_reads's review

relaxing medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Ableism

viiemzee's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.0

The characters are super likeable and believable, but somewhere along the way I felt the plot became a bit too convoluted for me. Sure, it's a believeable plot but only if you're thinking in terms of 'TV show trying to be accurate to modern life'. Still a very enjoyable light read and a lovely one for people looking for a queer MC who is Christian and isn't in conflict over it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Pregnancy

nicolinebl's review

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.75

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. As someone who is very far away from Christianity (was one when I was young tho) it felt a bit preachy at the start of the book. I honestly found Jo a bit annoying because of how preachy and holier than thou she sounded.

But honestly, it's been a while so I had to get used to that. And when I got over myself, I quite enjoyed the book. Look, Dana was an a very annoying best friend imo. The homophobic people from Georgia weren't the greatest either (fuck Jessica!). But my goodness, I loved BTB, Mary Carlson & George. Not everything about this was the greatest like the plot basically being her having to hide her gay which just gives us some miscommunication and lying to have a plot. But I enjoyed the ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Outing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Miscarriage

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Ableism, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage