Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Magic fish. Le storie del pesce magico by Trung Le Nguyen

250 reviews

tinyjude's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A really beautiful book that focuses on the relationship between a mother and her son, language barriers, feeling isolated and not truly belonging to one place due to forceful migration and colonisation; and how they are able to understand and support each other through fairy tails such as Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. It was beautiful and fascinating to see the different depictions of the same tale depending on the cultural context. The colour palette was used with such creativity, helping the reader identify the past (yellow), the present (red) and the stories within the main story (blue) with complexity and beautiful details. I found myself instantly attached to the characters and the story. It was beautifully crafted and it couldn't come to me in a most precious and sad time to help me too.

The tale she narrates to her child at the end couldn't have been better. I was sobbing and wrecked. So touching.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Murder, and Outing

Moderate: Genocide, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Gore and Blood

sapphic_alpaca's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Death of parent

brom's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Murder

jac_panic_attac's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism

readbykatherine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Outing, and War

theskyboi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Minor: War

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Outing

alyxinthestars's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Hate crime

woodiefrog's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

Absolutely beautiful. Wonderful old world Andersen’s fairy tale illustration style, mixing two fairy tales with the cross generation of a boy and his mother trying to find the words of love. My last two braincell before dropping dead on pillow here. So breathtakingly lovely and breaks my heart in the best minute ways before mending them. 
If you like *fairy tales, *immigration story, *lgbtq+ YA, *Ghibili anime, don’t miss this one! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Religious bigotry and War

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Abandonment