Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

9 reviews

wildflowercrypt's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Homophobia and Torture

kalldaff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.75

Writing style was unique and, although a little tricky to get into, added a lot to the dreamy quality of the whole story. I was so fearful that this would have a tragic ending, but the fact that it ended with two women coming to the rescue really healed some part of me. The fact that it seemed so obvious that the 17 year old girl would be victimized, just as is suggested of the bog girls throughout the story, yet it is through a college girl and a midwife that we as the readers are shown just how absurd it all is. Loved it. Hard to put into words how it made me feel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

feralbookwife's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.75

Haunting in every way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

pineapple_queen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Homophobia

breauseph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kiddocut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Fantastic quick read about a boiling family drama, framed in a setting that calls back to class, gender and academic background-and how that affects our ability to interpret  the world both in a literal and emotional sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

There is a use of a slide one time-to describe a character’s inability or stubbornness to adapt his language to modern terminology in a historical context. I didn’t anticipate it and I wish there was someone who mentioned it. It’s a story heavily about a fractured and demanding father whose daughter is just discovering herself. It is well written and I think all TW that I applied are accurate.

audreyxine's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was so weird. I loved it. It won't be for everyone, but it was for me. The writing style was confusing and the ending was anitclimactic, but those seem so intentional I can't give this book less than 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Lesbophobia

augustallyearround's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

The style of this book really drew me in; I'd never read anything like it. I read it in one day!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

beesbeesbeez's review against another edition

dark tense

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

4.25

This was the hardest book I've read so far this year. Not just the prose, although it is written in an ambling stream-of-consciousness style that doesn't use quotation marks. The content of this book explores seismic, the patriarchy, and more. It's also apt post-Brexit, as it discusses those who want to return to a better, "purer" England, and how those ideals mix with modern prejudices and how that affects those guided by and influenced by those people. Also features an unreliable narrator. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism