Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz

6 reviews

solar_power's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Child death, Bullying, Death of parent, War, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Body horror, Death, and Classism

Minor: War, Slavery, Genocide, Incest, and Miscarriage

tbd24's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

really interesting story but there is soooo much exposition and world building up front. it’s good world building! very thorough ! but I didn’t start getting -into- the plot till like halfway through. I’m excited for the next book, hopefully now that the audience knows about this world we can get straight into business

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Colonisation, Gore, Racism, Classism, Death of parent, and Incest

rambles's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Racial slurs, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Classism, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, and Lesbophobia

gen_wolfhailstorm's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

Thank you to Black Crow PR for granting me a physical uncorrected proof of this title. All opinions remain 100% genuine.

Buddy read with Sharron Joy Reads.

I loved the depth of this tale. It was slow for the first 3rd or so with world building but once I pushed through, I found it to be worthwhile.
The setting was lush, tense and atmospheric, all at the appropriate times.

I appreciated all the contextual terminology being at the front. I find nothing more tedious than trailing through the end of the book, looking for what something means, with the fear of seeing a spoiler hanging over me like a black cloud.

The conversation of oppression, classim and the mistreatment of other species due to being who they are was so on point to how society still is in the real world.

The sapphic romance threaded through was great. I felt like there was a lot of manipulation in the romance though (as well as the platonic relationships) and it was hurtful to see characters I began to care about being strung along on the whims of others.

The magic system felt unique and unusual to me and though at times it went over my head a little, I was excited to see powers being mastered by various characters.

this is the 2nd book in as many with some weird incest thread, oh dear... I mean I wasn't expecting that and I still don't really get the how... I guess Celeste and Reina would be 1st half cousins?

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and can see how it can set up for a sequel, but equally would feel complete enough as a stand a lone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Suicide attempt, Death, Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Colonisation, Cursing, Slavery, War, Chronic illness, Classism, Gore, Misogyny, Self harm, Xenophobia, Grief, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Lesbophobia, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Hate crime, and Toxic relationship

2treads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

A solid debut with an intriguing storyline, characters that both annoyed and interested me, a queer love triangle with a touch of unrequited and forbidden love, creatures touched and warped by magic, all told around searching for familial acceptance in a society with a familiar foundation built on intolerance, religious persecution, and hierarchical attitudes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Classism, and Death

Minor: Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Confinement, and Racial slurs

ladynavalon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring slow-paced

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

3.0

I really enjoyed the world bulding, that's five stars, no doubt. But, I didn't like the pace, some characters seem not know what to doy and the plot is not clear for the first half of the book. In this sense, I feel like the characters needed more work. Also, I didn't like how the author writes... I admire her for writting almost 600 pages in a different language, but it is hard to follow her sometimes... but I insist, I love the world she created.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Incest, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Slavery, Bullying, Blood, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Racism, Body shaming, Abandonment, Xenophobia, and Murder