Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Heb je het al gehoord? by Meryl Wilsner

31 reviews

lolajh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful

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

3.0

They went the whole book without even saying “Let’s give them something to talk about”? Come on

Going into this I was already unsure about it when the relationship is between an employee and her boss, but I guess I just had higher hopes about how they’d deal with this compared to how it actually happened. The thing is the two of them did not get to know each other at all outside of a work setting and the power imbalance between them never really settled down.

Also Jo liking being called boss was weird 😃

I feel like the two of them were working together for just so long while all this was going on and I can’t even really think of an alternative way for this plot to have been properly handled other than just taking these characters out of the same workplace.

I did however like the commentary on workplace sexual harassment, especially the extent to which it happens in the entertainment industry

and I wish that the book could’ve delved more into that in the end because Jo’s whole passion project concerning it was kind of just left unfinished.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

cats33's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Sexual content

Moderate: Biphobia, Racism, Sexism, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense 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

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

cecetomas's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective 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

3.25

This was a fun, easy read to get me back into romances after awhile without. The characters were developed, but I didn't feel particularly drawn to them. I appreciated the attitude towards sexual harassment and how seriously it was taken but some of the discussions felt repetitive. VERY SLOW BURN. I don't mind I but be ready to read 300 pages before anything really happens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Lesbophobia

Minor: Racism

stacy837's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Medical content

colorful_lulu's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Sexism, and Racism

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexism, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Biphobia

_meganno's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

the main character had the same name as an old coworker.  weird

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Lesbophobia

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

funny hopeful slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

I wanted to like it more, but it felt repetitive after a certain point.

Shout out to Xe Sands, one of the narrators of this book, though! Recognized her voice since she narrated the Plain Bad Heroines audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

lennie_reads's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content