Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

She's Too Pretty to Burn: A Novel by Wendy Heard

6 reviews

catreadbook's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Could not put this book down. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia

matheo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Lesbophobia

abby_shupe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.5

50/50. I hated half of the parts and liked the other half but the entire time my head was spinning asking myself what the f*ck was going on. The book took so long to get started for being a fast paced book and the plot finally unfolds around the 52% mark. After that it’s a total whirlwind-and I decided I’m not a fan of thriller books. The book had me gasping and wanting more, especially when there was literally 30 pages left and a whole series of events went unexplained and left me with no details. I guess that’s the point of a thriller-an ending up for interpretation ? And please check TWs before reading this, so much went down! Also, I found the relationship between Mick and Veronica to be so extremely toxic I put the book down so often because of it. The only character I really liked was probably Claudia, the only person who overall acted rationally. Everyone in this book I would describe as morally grey, and not likable but i feel like this was purposeful, and the author wants the reader to acknowledge this. I would give this book 1.5/1 star if it wasn’t so exciting to read, but because it took me on a rollercoaster of emotions I think the 2.5 stars is deserved. I also gave it an extra .5 star because the author used the book title in the book, and I love when authors do that, it fit well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cursing

Minor: Homophobia

quinn_eats_rocks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Although She's too Pretty to Burn is at times, extremely predictable, I found it that there was some sort of plot twist added onto the guessable part. As I haven't read The Picture of Dorian Gray (the book that this is based upon) I'm not sure how it adds up in similarities, but I can see the general premise being similar. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

junefish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Medical content

cindespair's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking