Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

As fúrias invisíveis do coração by John Boyne

96 reviews

miller8d's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Xenophobia

charlma's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Terminal illness

Moderate: Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma

Minor: Antisemitism

maurig's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

daniellehamm12's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic

elzi13's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was a hard book to read. Very graphic and upsetting at times. That said it's very well written and the prose and pacing are beautiful. It provides an important insight into Ireland during that time and a hopeful look at what the country might become. I didn't find myself truly enjoying the book till about 200 pages in but I think it was worth the effort besides.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Dementia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic

kimveach's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book has been sitting on my bookshelf, waiting to be read for a long time.  I'm so happy that I finally read it.  It's a beautiful story about a boy born in 1945 in Ireland.  I loved how this story was not only about a gay boy growing up in a country controlled by the Church but was also a history of Ireland.  The author had so many interesting characters that I loved or despised.  I'll be thinking about this book for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Infertility

lauraetlabora's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Misogyny, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

zoekyriacou's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very compelling book and even though it’s very thick I still raced through it. I very rarely reread a book but I did for this. Brilliant scope of history and character development. Some very dark plot points. This book is also so funny and made me laugh out loud which not many books can do.  A very special gem.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mayamile's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief

alyssaakdefusco's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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An unflinching look at what it meant to be gay in mid century Ireland, but not without plenty of hope and love. There were plenty of brutal moments, but there was a surprising amount of humor throughout. The through-line of a separated family weaved in with the theme of found family was really beautiful. A tad too long but it was worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing

Moderate: Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship