Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Fortune Favours the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

40 reviews

virgilsinferno's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Minor: Antisemitism

Homophobia is revealed to be a strong motivation for the story that takes place. It's also a present worry with the main characters infatuation with a woman.

maybekp's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Death of parent, Murder, and Homophobia

zarap's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.75

I LOVED THIS BOOK. Quarter star knocked off because the setting felt very wibbly wobbly timey wimey, but it didn't really bother me and I loved literally everything else. The audiobook narrator was excellent as well, and definitely a factor in me listening to the whole thing in one sitting despite other things I should've been doing (oops). Will be starting the next one pretty much immediately! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, and Gun violence

krysley's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Cancer, Violence, Suicide, Sexism, Medical content, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Outing

tessays's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Cancer

barefootsong's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.0

Delightful! I loved both Pentecost and Parker! A great setting (NYC 1945) too. P&P are private investigators who work with the police (to a degree) but also understand the shortcomings and oversights of law enforcement. Really excited for more in this series.

Rep: Pentecost has multiple sclerosis and Parker is queer (she never uses a label for herself but talks about dating both men and women).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Chronic illness

Minor: Child abuse

briely's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, and Suicide

ode_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment

typedtruths's review

challenging funny mysterious reflective sad 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? No

5.0

 ▷ Representation: Will (mc) is sapphic; Lillian (sc/mc) has multiple sclerosis and uses a cane; sapphic and achillean scs.

Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

➸ Trigger warnings for sexism, queermisia (theme), sexual harassment recounted, child abuse, domestic abuse, suicide by gun violence mentioned (multiple), alcohol consumption, hospitalisation for physical injuries, death of a mother, death of a father from suicide, murder, gun violence, knife violence & stabbing, physical assault, blackmail, and stalking. Context: • Will is hospitalised for extensive injuries sustained during a physical assault (suspected hate crime). She suffers from a broken wrist, dislocated fingers, fractured ribs, and a laceration to her face. • The love interest's father and uncle are blackmailed about their sexuality. Her mother forced her father to marry her, officially claiming her pregnancy as his child, so she would not out his relationship with Wallace. He later dies by suicide from a gunshot due to the pressure of being closeted. • Lots of discussion or innuendos about the legality of queer relationships as well as period typical sexism.