Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan

6 reviews

whatkatyread87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Colonisation, and Classism

lavdisy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Mind you, I'm quite new to this type of grimdark where chaotic and sensitive topics are prevalent in the book. Well, I mean, I’ve read similar books before, but this one hit differently. It features many points of view but focuses on three main characters. The good representation of lgbtq characters and these characters are quite amusing too. The plot delivers what it promises: a sense of creepiness, vast world-building, and good action filled with brutality. Additionally, the creatures in this story are aliens. I was surprised by this because I initially believed the setting was from an old century, but the existence of aliens made it interesting.

Even though I liked many elements, the lack of detail really bothered me. It was as if the names I encountered weren’t accompanied by enough information, making it hard to understand their significance. Moreover, some of the sensitive scenes felt unnecessary to the plot. Other than that, I enjoyed the book, but I’m not sure if I want to continue the series. Book 1 didn’t convince me enough to read the next one, but maybe someday I will change my mind and give it a try. Overall, it was a nice experience to finally read this type of book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

tetipea's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

NOT for queer readers. This is by and for straight, misogynostic men. Genuinely terrible character development, descriptions and plot. Almost nothing happens until the last quarter of the book, if you can survive past all the slurs and frankly offensively bad erotica. If you ever wondered what dude-bros think good fantasy writing looks like, here is your answers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual assault

matbrown's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

booksthatburn's review against another edition

The very first chapter has misogyny and homophobic slurs in a density which makes me mistrust where the rest of this could possibly go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

jamesflint's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Homophobia, Rape, and Religious bigotry