Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

132 reviews

theremuscopy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

ebac622's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kyliehughes's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

kept me enthralled enough to read in one sitting, made me cry, and had some really solid lines that i’ll be thinking about for a while. i think some of the negative reviews are too harsh, especially the ones that say certain things didn’t make sense when they were explained clear as day in the text.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, and Sexual assault

cday13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

kalyn_c's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

tnemelce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Rape and Alcohol

hamletje0953's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

abitofcourage's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

blessednacho's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This book is excellent. It captures the fear and uncertainty of a school shooting. The characters are believable and interesting. I thought it was really interesting that the book took place over the course of about an hour. However, some of the violence felt meaningless. I get that that's part of the senselessness of school shootings, but sometimes it felt that characters were making choices that were going to get themselves killed with little to no positive impact on the situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Homophobia

Minor: Islamophobia

lorraine19's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I was expecting a chaotic, gritty, realistic view of school shooting. I was thoroughly disappointed. Instead, this reads like an overly scripted Hollywood movie. There's so many long dialogues and every character just had to have some dramatic heroic moment even if it made no sense. The type of characters didn't really match the setting. 

I don't like telling spoilers in reviews but I feel like I need to provide examples of scenes to express how unrealistic it was written....

(SPOILERS) The shooter comes in and an auditorium of a hundred students just goes completely silent. When the doors open, not a single person panics or makes a run for it. Everything is controlled and there is little chaos. Police officers find students a couple blocks from the school and BRING THEM BACK. Like what?! (SPOILERS)

Reading the author's note, they state they grew up in a different country and we're unfamiliar with school shootings. They wrote the book in order to "learn about it". Clearly they should've done more research. Insulting to anyone that's been in proximity to violence like this and does not provide a realistic or fair view of school shootings at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment