Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

45 reviews

carysyounkins'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Incest, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Lesbophobia

golden_like_dior's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Vomit, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Body shaming, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Rape, and Suicide

eva_rebolledo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Before I say anything about this book, I ask you to check its trigger warnings if you want or are planning to read it. It's more than just a sad book, and it isn't for everyone.

With that said... Wow.
I've been looking for a favorite book for some time now, and I'm sure I finally found it. It has beautiful prose, beautiful characters, and beautiful relationships. Although I wanted to know how it finished, I also found that I didn't want it to end, that I wanted to read more about the characters, to learn more about their lives. I usually don't read lengthy books since I'm a slow reader, but I didn't mind it at all with this book. 
I could go on and on about this book, but to put it simply, if I had to describe "A Little Life" in two words, I would say it's hauntingly beautiful.
I also want to add that I listened to the audiobook along with reading, and the narrator, Oliver Wyman, did a fabulous job. If you have the chance to listen to it while reading, I'd recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Minor: Lesbophobia

sinjinsladle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Ableism, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, Cancer, Vomit, and Racism

mochiclouds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I love this book and jude and willem so much :( it still hurts. this book finished me. if you care for your mental health please do not read this. and if you consider reading this book please read the content and trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

child rape, child molestion, grooming, manipulation, and prostitution

novelsandnature's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

yourdone's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Ableism, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Eating disorder, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Homophobia, Racism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Lesbophobia and Transphobia

akirma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

SAD. Sad, sad book with incredible writing. This could've been one of my all-time favorites, hadn't it 

ended the way it did. The ending gives the whole thing an incredibly depressing message that I don't agree with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Body shaming

Moderate: Cursing, Dementia, and Outing

Minor: Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

mrdeadman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Literally the best depiction of the life long effects of csa. A lot of it hit way too close to home. Absolutely beautifully written.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Body shaming, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Transphobia

meganscott13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

A long read, but it is definitely worth it. There were times where I had to put the book down, as it was simply too traumatic to read, but there were other times where I couldn’t put the book down as I was so hooked. Truly one of the best books I have read in a while, but make sure you are in a good frame of mind before reading, and make sure to read the list of trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Rape, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Lesbophobia