Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

14 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

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

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

xandraj's review

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Homophobia

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

mia_flanagan's review

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Outing and Homophobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Alcohol

sandy_21's review

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Ableism

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

field_of_books's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

This is a cute and cosy teen book accentuated with a forbidden sapphic romance. Our main characters are a good example of how you can be LGBTQ+ and still have Christian faith, demonstrating tolerance and acceptance. They show that growing up in a religious environment doesn’t always have to be painful or traumatic.

The book has the cute romance and dialogue on religion going for it- however I found the main characters decisions to be morally grey and felt they should have been held more accountable. I felt that outside of the romance and religious dialogue, there wasn’t a huge amount going for this book. It just needed a little bit ‘more’.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cursing and Bullying

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Ableism, and Alcohol