Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

90 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

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

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

aishallnot's review against another edition

challenging relaxing

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Sexual content

Minor: Death

canread_willread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, and Violence

nad_books623's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

I did not like how the last story was written but I liked the idea. Each story had something that I could relate to or that I knew a family member could relate to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death and Grief

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

parkergirl_5705's review against another edition

Too much sexual content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

fatfrog's review against another edition

Boring 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content