Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

24 reviews

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Classism, Colonisation, and Blood

Minor: Grief, Homophobia, and Murder

sammy_nor's review against another edition

3.25

i liked the book, but i also found the writing confusing at times. i hadn’t a clue what was going on half the time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, and Gore

Moderate: Car accident, Slavery, and Colonisation

Minor: Homophobia

s_lorenz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Alcoholism, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

fjalar's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Animal death, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Homophobia

hobbithopeful's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

4.75

Sapphic colonization horror!?? LIKE WHAT! This was such an engaging and creepy read. I couldn't put it down, even as I had goosebumps from the suffocating imagery. I don't think there are many authors that can pull off writing about race and colonisation for a horror book, but  Trang Thanh Tran NAILED it! I am a grade A weenie, so this wasn't too scary for me to read. I was guessing the whole time, and I loved the twists and turns. 
I absolutely loved how race was talked about, it was just done so well and seamlessly. Honestly still cracking up about the line "this woman has a PHD in colonization.." . Jade feels so out of place in Vietnam, like a banana she mentions, and honestly I relate so much to her with my own race struggles. 
Also this book is sapphic!  
A truly creepy and tense tale about a hungry house, and too many bugs!
If you like thriller books you will definitely like this one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Gore, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Homophobia, and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death

jaqylantern's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism and Death

Minor: Homophobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense

4.5

This author is a genius. She is elevating YA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Colonisation, Grief, Racism, Violence, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Toxic friendship

wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Violence, Homophobia, and Child abuse

Moderate: Car accident and Alcoholism

jessicanb93's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

While I enjoyed the story overall, I did struggle a bit with the writing. I found it a little difficult to follow sometimes (I feel like there were random time jumps in the middle of a paragraph). 
On the side of horror, this is the most I’ve read about bugs or food in a story, and it really grossed me out. I would recommend checking trigger warnings, and if you have any sensitivities to subject matter dealing with food and long descriptions of food being eaten, please proceed with caution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Vomit

anna_23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, Violence, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

Minor: War