Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond

68 reviews

hennarus's review against another edition

hopeful sad slow-paced

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

1.0

imo if a character is fired for being gay in act I, that has to be addressed later in the book. And actually addressed not just show us look the homophobe also abused her own child

also just kinda didn’t have a plot. A solid chunk of the problems in this book would be solved if it was labeled as a coming out/coming of age story and not a romcom. The romance aspect truly sucks.

They go on like 4 dates before the third act breakup and im supposed to care that they get back together??

I don’t know why the author tried to bring up Native American activism if they were going to make the only Native American character a villain. Clearly the author cares a lot about being queer in a red state so that’s probably what the book should have been about in its entirety, instead of a weird plot point about being a fake bridesmaid.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

amberinpieces's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

books4em's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

Overall, this was good. I wouldn’t call it a romance, the love story is definitely a subplot and honestly I didn’t fully see the chemistry between the two characters. The book centers around being gay in the Bible Belt in the early 2010s. There’s a lot of homophobia, but it centers around queer characters. So the representation is good, but it might be triggering for many people. The growth of the main character is a main plot point as well, and there were so many facets of it that it’s almost too much going on in 350 pages. Not bad for a debut, and I will read further stories by this author but I think this was trying to do too much.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia

meganmoisant's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

megtall's review

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

rockyroadbutch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Classism

marissasa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

This cute midwest lesbian romance was so sweet and had a lot of found family and character development. I enjoyed seeing the main character's journey through navigating her sexuality while being closeted in certain places, figuring out what she wants to do with her career, and learning how to be a better friend and person. It sometimes felt like the romance took a backseat to her growth, and I was okay with that because she and all her family and friends were interesting and contributed a lot to the plot. Overall it was a lovely little well-written contemporary romance read that the queer community, and specifically lesbians, deserve to have more of within our current heteronormative literary space. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Outing

internationalreads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer and Medical content

shaunashares's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry