Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

5 reviews

reachingforstardust's review

dark funny slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Stalking, Sexual assault, Cancer, Torture, Rape, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Abortion and Forced institutionalization

greatsilverini's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Murder, Child death, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Rape, Abandonment, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

lleullawgyffes's review

3.0

Díaz's writing is good, but I didn't like the book as much as I wanted/expected to. It suffered, I think from being (overall) Oscar's story, narrated by Yunior, rather than being about/narrated by any of the actually interesting characters in it — the strongest sections by far were the ones focused on Lola and Beli, and the ones focused solely on Oscar the weakest. The use of Spanish felt pretty natural to me, although sometimes it felt suspiciously like he was using it to be coy about throwing around homophobic slurs. Also, while overall most of the ~nerdy~ references were fine, there were times when they felt forced, like Díaz felt obligated to remind us that it was a book about a Nerd.

A very heterosexual book, all told. I had high expectations and this failed to meet them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

clapyourshands's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

help.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Death, Alcohol, Grief, Drug use, Cursing, Colonisation, Classism, and Bullying

altaguti's review

informative reflective sad 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

5.0

las anotaciones explicativas sobre la historia dominicana son maravillosas

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism