Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

98 reviews

erintempleton's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

reading this book was like if taylor swift and travis kelce were precious gay men in the 1960's, and i will not elaborate because, if you've read it, it should be obvious that i'm right. this book navigates grief, longing, trauma, anxiety, and everything in between with the care and precision of a surgeon while still being fun to read. sebastian writes mark and eddie so that you care about them and want them to be happy, but then there's all this additional commentary about trying again after loss or failure that hits you like a punch to the gut.

you do not need to have read We Could Be So Good to understand this, nor do you have to know-or care-much about baseball to be drawn into the lovable characters and nearly conflict-less plot. reading this book is like getting a little kiss on the head, if you're into that.

my only gripe was the "you should stay away from me for your own good" trope:/ it always felt like mark cared more than eddie did about eddie being outed, and it led to a bit too much borderline manipulative behavior for my liking. i get why mark felt that way, but i still didn't like it. otherwise, another flawless book by cat sebastian. i'll take fourteen more right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Alcohol

Moderate: Outing

kaneebli's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Emotional abuse, Racism, and Classism

ajb24's review

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I liked it, but it doesn't evoke extreme fangirl-y feelings in me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Death of parent

dvy's review

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

caseythereader's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Racism

imstephtacular's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Grief

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Antisemitism, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

historical_drama_queen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Medical content, and Alcohol

izzyrbell's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

balletbookworm's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

This book is so good I just want to lay down on the floor. The looooooonnnngggggging. The sweet, sharp edge of Mark's grief (oh god, shades of Isherwood's <i>A Single Man</i>). The humor (omg, Lula). The exacting attention to detail (look, I'm from Cedar Rapids, IA, and our airport gets a shout-out in one sentence which, that was a rinky, dinky little airfield in the 1960s).

I just want to cuddle this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Homophobia

This is a m/m romance set in NYC in the 1960s where one character is a professional baseball player. You do the math.

lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

A delightful read that was laugh out loud funny, in the wittiest way. This was my first Cat Sebastian book and I was blown away with how good her banter was, not to mention her writing in general

I loved Mark and Eddie but I have to say my favourite character was Lula the dog. Definitely the breakout star here (and she would never let you forget it) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Grief

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness