Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

6 reviews

kestrelfire's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

Strickland certainly knows how to write nonbinary characters to be near and dear to my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, and Transphobia

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

melissafelicia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I loved the worldbuilding and the atmosphere of this book a lot! A story about bloodmages with undead protectors, full of court intrigue, set in a Greco-Roman/Gothic city surrounded by a deadly blight? And it's queer as well? Amazing. There were multiple interesting scenes and twists in the story. I had trouble relating to the main character at times, because she was quite impulsive and quick to anger, but on the other hand that did bring the story to interesting places.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

maggiegirouard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Classism

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

4.0

Okay so I really liked this! I love Rovan's spirit and the family she found. <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

allylujah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Acephobia/Arophobia

luckykosmos's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

4.5

I don't think this book is for everyone, but it was firmly for me, with the blood magic and criticism of gender and found family. Rovan is an absolute delight as a protagonist - messy and stubborn, here for a fun time not a long time. The LGBT+ characters, I think, are handled super well - there's acknowledgment of bigotry they face, but we don't see them suffer for the sake of their identity, they simply Are (and there are so many of them!). I wanted a book like this so deeply, and as finite as the ending is, I wish there was more. 

My one criticism, I would say, is

the villain's main motive is to Live Forever, and little beyond that

. I still rounded up despite this because every other component fit together so beautifully for me, but in light of how fleshed out every other facet was, this one thing fell flat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia