Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

18 reviews

acwoodvt's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

3.5

I’ve heard great things about this series but I found the FMC to be either unintelligent or at best obviously uneducated  combined with pathetic levels of naivety, as well as emotionally juvenile, the writing comes across as both vaguely racist and homophobic but in a way that’s difficult to determine if it’s intent or ignorance on the part of the author, and the main relationship is extremely toxic.  I’m hoping the series gets better further along. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

mializa_mk's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, Racism, and Torture

aqueezy's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and Alcohol

peachieko's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I hate sam with a passion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape

leazzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Surprising how closely they followed this for the show 
Both Sookie and Bill are mildly infuriating 
I hate Jason 🫶🏻
For a vampire romance from 2001, insanely progressive 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

honeyenbee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia and Grief

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, and Racism

avie_j's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse

katte's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A fun romp, especially if you’ve seen the show. Don’t expect deep mystery or heavy emotions and you’ll likely be satisfied with this. First-person narrative isn’t usually my bag, but it worked, and made some of the cringier and uncomfortable terminology or biases showing through a little easier to accept, since it was filtered through a character’s mind. Perhaps this was intentional, perhaps it was happy accident - it was written in 2001, after all. My biggest beef with it was some of the dynamics between Sookie and Jason - siblings just don’t call each other “bro” and “sis” where I’m from. Maybe it’s different in the South!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Racism

ittybittyninja12's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This one took me a second to finish,I think I was a tad bored because I've watched some of the show already. And honestly this is one of the times I like the show/movie better than the book. Not saying the book is bad but I feel like the show kept a lot from the book but added so much more on top of it. There's characters in the show that aren't in the book, and they just make it so much better. They feel much deeper in the show and put together. I did like hearing her thoughts and everything but now I can see how limiting it is, to see things just from her perspective. The romance is basically the same though. Also some of the terminology is a little too outdated. I know the show is as well but the book definitely is. So I was a tad uncomfortable at times. The show definitely updated from the books and I actually would recommend just watching the show. I'm not sure if I'll continue reading the books as it's a long series but maybe if I can't think of anything else to read I'll continue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Grief

erinandllama's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

I was hoping the book might be better than the TV show, but it was far worst in almost every category.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, and Religious bigotry