Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

87 reviews

ingridreadss's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

christinaanna's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, and Dementia

Minor: Abortion and Murder

laura_cat's review against another edition

funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

kaynova's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.5

This was one of my most anticipated reads as I had heard so many great things about it. Unfortunately, I really did not end up liking it. This book literally made me sick to my stomach with some of the things that happened. Maybe I need to rethink my belief that I have no content triggers. As someone who normally loves family dynamics and conversations surrounding relationships, I struggled with this a lot. When I walk away from the book with this feeling, I always struggle to know whether or not the feeling is based in the fact that I listened to the book on audio rather than physically read it. I’ll never know the answer for sure because when I dislike a book so much, I’m not going to spend my time reading it a second time. I’m very happy that so many people really enjoyed this, bummer I couldn’t be one of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Dementia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy

imaginaryisobel'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Some really enjoyable stories and I could see this being a fave for other people I just wasn't majorly struck by any of them

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

dcfelk's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Tender and critical. Didn't expect to love it like I did. Especially a short story collection! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Dementia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, and Abortion

buttermellow's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Dementia, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Physical abuse

lizziaha's review against another edition

5.0

I don’t always love short stories because I’m generally a character reader, and short stories don’t usually have the space to really flesh characters out, but every character in this collection felt so whole and real. Each story was delightful and captured so much with so little. Definitely one to revisit! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

daniela_cruz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Devo dizer que fiquei agradavelmente surpreendida com este livro ao contrário da maioria das coleções de short stories que tenho lido em que a maioria tem sido hit or miss nesta coleção gostei de todas as histórias.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Racism