Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Kimppakämppä by Beth O'Leary

28 reviews

mariskyjy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

A sweet, lighthearted read. I listened to the audiobook, and enjoyed the use of two narrators. I also liked that it was easy to distinguish Leon's chapters due to the distinctively different writing style. All of the subplots were fun to follow as well, it kept the story going in it's slower phases.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

- Medical content is because Leon works as a hospice nurse

; though none of his regular patients die during the book, fortunately

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defcvnvs's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming and Homophobia

chicprincess03's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer and Death

Minor: Homophobia

Prison, Wrongful Conviction

nineinchnails's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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15/02/2024



on a reread i found the writing style in leon's chapters insufferable it felt like he constantly missed the first few words of every sentence. the premise sounds a bit ridiculous at first but honestly with rent prices in london i really don't think it's that crazy of a circumstance - the craziest thing about it is that leon is a normal guy and not some creepy 50 year old. i love the characters though and the story in general and even tiffy's 'quirkiness' is super charming in this book. i love romances where the main characters have their own shit going on tho (am i delusional or is this way more common in british romances?) so im biased. this was one of the books that got me back into reading a few years ago and i think i'll always love reading it. also if i don't start a new book in the next couple days it's because i'm (finally) watching the flatshare miniseries. 

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first read: 01/01/2021



loved it but tiffy was a little too quirky girl for me to fully immerse myself in the novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

Post traumatic stress disorder and Leukaemia

ashley_turch's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia

atamano's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Vomit

r3ader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

To be honest it took me some time to get used to the way Leon's chapters were written, but after some time and understanding why it was written like that, I got used to it. 

I had no idea what deep subjects are in this book, but I was positively surprised. 

In the beginning I was kinda annoyed by Tiffy, but learning with her about her past and her changing makes you look on the beginning differently. 

Over all, while I am not a total fan of the writing in Leon's parts, I really enjoyed this book and finished it quickly, because you can hardly stop reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

frantically's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

Definitely one of my 2023 highlights and one of my new favourite romances! Never did I think I would say this about a book where it takes the mc's SO long to actually meet but it worked so well and the post its oh god!! so in love. 

Tiffy is such a relatable character for me, especially when it comes to thinking about her size/body and I appreciated that much. 

The way Leon worries for Tiffy? Peak whump. So much suffering but also! so much love, so it was fine xoxo

This book had me laughing out loud while I was in bed sick and I could gush about it for forever but give it a chance! The writing style in Leon's chapters always made me DNF but it fits so well into the book and really just adds it's own magic, I promise!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

lahars_little_library's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

Love love Love! This was so much deeper than I expected!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Drug use, Homophobia, Vomit, and War

missgray's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Gaslighting