Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Those Who Prey by Jennifer Moffett

8 reviews

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Bullying, Misogyny, Suicide, Vomit, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexism

-Near the end of the book the main protag finds a recording of a character implying a church leader raped her mother -Near the end of the book the main protag finds a recording of a character having been caught in a relationship with another guy, the church head proceeds to call him a slur and blackmail him This book is all about a cult so massive tw for that

mr_cain's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Medical content, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Gore, and Homophobia

ajpotz's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

pretty haunting but not at all suspenseful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Homophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, and Suicide

madeleinebay's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Animal death and Body shaming

Minor: Homophobia

polkadotgirl's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Those Who Prey started off as a slightly stereotypical exploration of a cult and how Emily, a freshman student in college, is misled into joining it through different manipulation techniques, and the emotional abuse she suffers the deeper in it that she gets. I didn't mind that the story read off as a fictional pamphlet for cult behaviors in the first 100 pages because I understood that it was "simplifying" a very complex process in order to make it better understood by the YA audience it's trying to reach. 

Fortunately, the story finds its own voice from the second act onwards, when the main mystery of the plot is introduced and when we have Emily completely committed to the cult and its members. 

I really liked Emily as a main character and how her inner monologue was so helpful in understanding the point she was at during every bit of the story. It was easy to never resent her decisions because her confusion, and her pain, and her need to belong was well established from the beginning of the book. When her thoughts began to turn questioning and even resentful you understood why that was happened and how her journey was beginning to come to unravel as she realized things that she had been blind to before. 

My favorite part of the book was the last act, because I believe this is where we get to see Emily flourish as a main character, and we witness the growth she had throughout her whole experience, with her insecurities and doubts still present because she's human, after all. I also appreciated the slightly unresolved ending to the book, both plot wise and in Emily's emotional journey. I know it may not be the preferred ending for a lot of people, as it does not answer every question that the book introduces during the story, but it made the story feel more realistic and complete -what an irony- for me. 

It was a pleasant surprise to find that the book includes mixed media aspects to it, like interviews and excepts from an article, but I would say that if someone were to pick it up for that sole aspect they could be disappointed, as it is a very small part of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

The F slur is used once by the end of the book and homophobia in a religious form happens a couple of times.

tinyghostbat_'s review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

rbookish's review

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

all was good till the f slur 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, and Homophobia

thankyouquiet's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Body shaming

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Confinement