Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

13 reviews

greenlivingaudioworm's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, Death, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Homophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Abandonment, Cancer, Grief, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

clo_l's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

This book was an emotional rollercoaster. The story of a young girl, left to fend for herself, never knowing love, companionship or security. April has lived a million lives in the span of this book. She has loved & left, over and over and over. Never feeling worthy enough to stay with the people she truly loves & who love her back. It was hard, reading about her falling into the same patterns and not allowing herself to settle down. I absolutely love the characters in this book, especially Margo & Ethan. The ending is bittersweet and hopeful, although I need MORE!

I need to know what else happens, does Justin come around? What about Robert? Who does little Max grow up to be? Ughhhh I seriously need more! I’m not ready to let go of April.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Car accident, and Vomit

mdavis26's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use and Homophobia

brtvajes1's review

emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

bexi's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

mysterymom40's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Classism and Homophobia

redefiningrachel's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Fatphobia

killeenm's review

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I was so disappointed in this book. The whole story is the main character hurting people and not changing. The dialogue is not believable, several problematic storylines aren’t ever addressed in depth. I wanted this book to be about found family, but it’s mostly about mistreating people and making the same mistakes repeatedly. There’s not really a character arc. I was not a fan and frankly feel a little baffled as to why this is so well recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug use, and Homophobia

phaas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood