Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

As fúrias invisíveis do coração by John Boyne

69 reviews

under_cook_ed's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Hate crime, Homophobia, Religious bigotry

brittonmc1221's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Violence, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy

caitiebutler's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Grief

Minor: Kidnapping

snwalsh's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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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This book is amazing. I loved the voice, and even though I didn't really care about Cyril's life at first, he grew on me. Cyril is a flawed character, that hurts and gets hurt by others, but fundamentally he just wants to live a good life. I think the only thing that gives me pause about this book is all of the "coincidences". I feel like they were just gotcha moments that weren't well thought out, and were ways to bring characters together without having an organic way of putting them together. It felt very passive, and unbelievable, which seemed to be the opposite of the lessons that Cyril learned in his life (not being passive, working for what you want, being transparent, etc). Otherwise it's an incredible book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Hate crime, Homophobia, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Terminal illness

quietabyss's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness

Moderate: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts

jojoana's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Terminal illness, Violence

moettel98's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective 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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Amazing read, probably one of my top 5 books of all time I absolutely loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship

sadaudio's review against another edition

3.5

emotional

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

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There was definitelt a good story in here, but the direction felt kind of jumbled, like it wasn't sure where it wanted to go.  About halfway through the book, all of the characters starting being horrible towards one another.  Sometimes they recognized that they were in the wrong, but they never really changed.  It made it less enjoyable to read, since all the characters became increasingly unpleasant as it went on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Religious bigotry

shel_bay11's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, War

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad 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: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder