Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

As fúrias invisíveis do coração by John Boyne

69 reviews

caoimhekilleen's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt

brittonmc1221's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy

egg_cup's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book!!!!!!!!!!!! reduced me to a sobbing pile of tears and snot!!! Reminds me of A Little Life but far less sadistic and with a happier ending. Definitely a new fave

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

yuhanlin's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

maurastillwagon's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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A beautiful, heartbreaking and healing story about love, loss, pain, growth, progress, oppression, and so much more. Impeccable writing and lovable characters. I’ll be thinking about this one for a long, long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing

Moderate: Death, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy

kalokairi22's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Religious bigotry

phoebedowling's review against another edition

4.75

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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One of my favourites. The only reason why its not 5 stars is because the last section of the book was unnecessarily long, but because I was so invested in the story by then it didn't matter too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

saestrah's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful sad slow-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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Having this book on my TBR list for long enough that I forgot what the book was about, I almost stopped reading this after the end of the first part. To avoid spoilers, it wasn't subject matter I was particularly in the mood to read and it was just before going to bed. But I loved the narration from the first page so I picked it up again over breakfast and couldn't put it down. After staying up until four in the morning to finish it, and writing this after five hours of sleep, I still don't regret my decision.

The Heart's Invisible Furies is incredibly moving, with each chapter narrating Cycil's life in seven year increments. Despite the hardship of his life, from growing up gay in Ireland in the 40s to the AIDs pandemic in the 80s, Cycil's narration is incredibly funny. Often blinded by his own emotions, it's easy to get swept up in his struggles through relationships and identity, that when revelations come to life I was as shocked as he was. The plot had predictable moments with threads of coincidences too good to be true weaving throughout the story, but it's something that doesn't deminish how much I loved this book.

If you can give yourself enough time to read this book in one sitting, I fully recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol

moiracampbell23's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Religious bigotry

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping

znvisser's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Torture, Alcohol