Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson

21 reviews

noura's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

3.0

To annotate a poetry book is like wanting to create pockets of time to come back to every time you feel like existence is a burden you can no longer bear.

Andrea Gibson excels at that. That said this collection was not one that I can see myself coming back to often or even remembering what I read.

Anyway, pick up the audiobook if you get the chance because it being narrated by the author gave it an extra star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Transphobia

jeslis's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

- No rating because non-fiction, although my enjoyment of it overall was 4/5!
- Some were a bit hit and miss but I appreciated the style more after I found out it was slam poetry.
- I was really struck by the vivid imagery and stories of the LGBTQIA+ experience in these poems; I really felt how impactful these were.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

mmontgomery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This wrecked me a lot. I’m a bit of a mess over here writing this. Everyone should read it immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction and War

Minor: Islamophobia and Murder

hwerle's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

denaliann's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

ourxstorybegins's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

The issues I had with this probably just come from the fact that reading poetry is hard for me sometimes? The formatting of a few of them threw me off. That said, absolutely stunning book. Heartwrenching work but definitely worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Homophobia

niliii's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Sexual assault

katharina90's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

I have so much love for Andrea Gibson and there are many poems and lines in this collection that I keep coming back to. "America, Reloading" in particular is incredibly powerful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, and Transphobia

flavorbritt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

rgbees's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Police brutality