Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

16 reviews

denijaaa_s's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

Minor: Mental illness

thor's review against another edition

1.0

i cannot provide a short and sweet summary of how much was wrong with this book. a deeply patronising surface level look at depression but everything is tied up with an incredibly neat bow at the end. the narrator is deeply misogynistic, homophobic, biphobic, and ableist, and she does not apologise or realise the error of her ways for all of these things. she is deeply, deeply horrible to everybody else in her family and life and blames THEM for her being so horrible to them. also there is a truly alarming amount of incest in this book, including one of the final couples being incestuous (well, step-incest). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, Incest, Misogyny, and Ableism

esther_nwaokoro's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Infidelity

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Cancer, Incest, Abandonment, and Ableism

lily_sutton's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Terminal illness, and Incest

Minor: Homophobia

nicolewithbooks's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Body shaming, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Neglectful parents

missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Outing

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death, and Cancer

Minor: Vomit, Drug abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

zchaensich's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this book. I think the ending especially was really well done and left me feeling like the plot and conflicts were thought out. I didn't feel myself pulled to it and anxious to find out more, and that is what really catches my attention. I think it was a little slow to start, but once the action started happening it was interesting to read. I feel like all of the characters I liked, but none of them I really cared for and was rooting for. I generally felt indifferent to them until the very end, when I was happy there was some resolution. I enjoyed the book and it was entertaining, but definitely isn't my favorite Colleen Hoover book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Incest and Animal death

Minor: Homophobia

evie_dora's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

i cannot put into words how messed up this whole book was.

Spoiler

we find out that Merit’s mum has an illness and lives in the basement of the house, while the rest of the family - including the mother’s carer who Merit’s father now has a child with - lives in the upper levels of the house. we later discover that merit’s mother actually suffers from a mental illness which makes her believe she suffers from a purely physical illness. the mother is repeatedly portrayed as villainous for her behaviour - and while i am not denying mentally ill parents can have a negative effect on their children, i do not like how the mother was treated because of her illness. merit almost loses her virginity to her step-uncle. she also kisses a guy who she believes to her twin sister’s boyfriend. when merit attempts su!c!de (for which there were NO content warnings that i could find) she writes letters to everyone living in the house outing all their secrets. this includes her brother’s - he sexually assaulted her when she was younger, and in turn, she outs him as gay to her entire family. all in all, this book was horrific.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Mental illness, Sexual content, Outing, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Incest and Animal death

Minor: Drug abuse

there was no content warning for the su!cide attempt, nor for any of the other possibly harmful content.

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual assault, Medical content, Outing, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

amorales107's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Incest, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, and Infidelity