Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

24 reviews

little_sheep_mc's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Blood

pdonovan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Minor: Homophobia

ninjatrombonist's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Homophobia

celestriakle's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

Dreamy and extremely gothic. Some of the luster and horror has been lost with modern knowledge and tropes, but fascinatingly compassionate to even its monsters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Death, Grief, and Alcohol

penguinsquack's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

Almost any other character would have made a better narrator for this story, but at least this way we got lesbians 🤷🏽

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Racism, and Lesbophobia

broccoli_mmm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

The original lesbian vampire. very mixed feelings. some parts were a little underdeveloped and others were repetitive.

there were some lines that just … agh excellent, like:

“I live in you; and you would die for me, I love you so.” 

It’s visceral and emotive and really clever foreshadowing. I just left wishing there was more time spent on Carmilla and Laura themselves. The ending chapters felt a bit anticlimactic. Also read critically, of course, because there’s definitely a bit of “girl is in love w girl BECAUSE she’s a monster” 

BUT its worth reading. Some of the descriptions are genuinely unsettling, not because of anything graphic or gory, just from the sense of being violated. Also excellent foreshaddowing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

deadeye's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racism

amalyndb's review against another edition

dark

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Homophobia, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Racism

imogen_0's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Death and Blood

katielaine_w's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship