Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton

15 reviews

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

fionamclary's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

This book is not outstanding and it does kind of explain the Message to you at the end, but it will scratch the itch for a classic, aesthetic tragedy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Child death, Classism, Murder, Alcohol, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Death, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Vomit

kelsea's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.25

This is trying very hard to be the Secret History but is nowhere close. Virginia is not compelling and it's hard to see what Laura, who is unbelievably naive and spineless, sees in her. The queer stuff is too enmeshed in religious themes/puritanism to be interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Homophobia

beastlybrooke's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual harassment

Minor: Lesbophobia, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Minor: War and Confinement

ventenne's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

laura (the narrator) annoyed the shit out of me: she was blind, naïve, and a pushover on multiple fronts. i read the first few pages, then skipped to the last page and read the book backwards, section by section (i was reading an ebook). if i hadn’t done this, it would have been too irksome to finish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Death, and Homophobia

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Outing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

maiahhtratchh's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Antisemitism and Religious bigotry

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Fire/Fire injury

lexarch's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia

johntenner's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Rose Quartz and Pearl from Steven Universe if they went to a chilly New England boarding school. It's an easy read overall. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia

Virginia is not a good person and grooms Laura into becoming a religious zealot. She isolates Laura from other students outside of their little circle. It isn't graphic, but their relationship is founded on manipulation.