Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

And I Darken by Kiersten White

8 reviews

4riareads's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Homophobia, Islamophobia, War, Abandonment, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Bullying, Child abuse, Racism, Murder, and Slavery

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

3.0

For me, the beginning of the book felt a bit meandering and by the time I made it to the end I understood the setup and enjoyed the story overall, but I think if I hadn't been listening to the audiobook I would have stopped reading pretty early on because it didn't grab my attention until about halfway through. However, I'm glad I did finish it. I would read or listen to the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Murder, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Slavery, Religious bigotry, War, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent

I want to start by prefacing that the author does not come off as homophobic, islamaphobic, or otherwise bigoted. These content warnings are present because of the time period and context of when the book takes place. Spoilers to clarify:

Spoiler

In this book the two main characters are basically sold to the primary ruler of the region in exchange for more support fighting his battles. The region where this ruler presides is primarily Islamic and while one of the MCs finds it fascinating and comforting in their time of crisis, the other doesn't want to be forced from the religion they've grown up in and does come across as bigoted. In addition, due to the time period, women are seen as secondary citizens and really lack the respect of the men. This is a consistent recurring theme throughout the entire book where one of the MCs is denied equal treatment and denied the ability to follow her desired path in life. The next issue is that one of the MCs realizes that they're gay however, once again, due to the time period it wasn't safe for them to be open about who they are. While they do find solace in certain people who feel the same way they do, there's still an overwhelming sadness about the closeted nature with which the MC must live. Finally, as it is war time on and off throughout the book there are instances of torture, death, and murder throughout the entire plot, including one of the MCs accidentally killing a child during a conflict.

drlove2018's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Lots of palace intrigue tropes and internalized homophobia, but the two main characters are vivid and their relationship is well-crafted

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Xenophobia, Murder, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Homophobia, War, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Cursing

k_galloway's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

slowwwwwww pacing. it felt like pulling teeth trying to read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, War, Gore, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

abby17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and War

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Homophobia

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Death, War, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Slavery, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

cumbresdelibros's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Advertencia de contenido: Sangre, asesinato, p3d0filia, intentos de abuso.

Si hay algo que me gusta muchísimo es la fantasía casi medieval y medio épica. 
Este libro me hizo recordar porqué Juego de Tronos fue una de mis sagas favoritas. 
Nos presentan a tres personajes: Radu, Lada y Mehmed. 
Radu y Lada, hermanos desterrados. Mehmed alguien importante en el imperio otomano.
Sus caminos se entrecruzan y desde ahí empieza una especie des estrategia. Mantener o romper lealtades.
¿Hasta qué punto es justificable la crueldad humana por el poder? ¿Qué tanto ansían los personajes el poder y hasta dónde son capaces de llegar?

Un libro narrado a dos voces por dos personajes de la misma sangre, pero a su vez completamente distintos. Radu y Lada. Hermanos Dragwyla.
Una es toda aspereza, rabia e instinto casi animal y el otro es pura suavidad y tranquilidad.

En este libro hay bastantes conflictos, la narrativa es atrapante, la autora supo cómo hacer que yo sienta conexión con las escenas y casi sentía que estaba ahí y presenciaba todo.

Personajes bien definidos, trama que avanza lenta, pero segura, villanos bien construidos, héroes con moralidad cuestionable, muchísimos momentos en los que esperaba que suceda algo y pasaba lo contrario y era mucho mejor.


Todo lo bueno que puede tener el inicio de una trilogía que se llama "Los Conquistadores".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Physical abuse and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Homophobia

andrikkk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Blood, Sexism, Violence, War, Bullying, Gore, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Xenophobia, Cursing, Grief, Sexism, and Homophobia