Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

26 reviews

madradstarchild's review

adventurous emotional 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: Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape, Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Violence, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Suicide, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Cursing, Self harm, Toxic friendship, War, Misogyny, and Bullying

fallandfox's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Cursing, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Homophobia

olliereads's review

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, Cursing, Rape, Outing, and Deadnaming

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Self harm, War, and Xenophobia

bebidocrimes's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

This book is such a beautiful exploration of what makes humankind so special. The descriptions of music and food both are so carefully crafted, you really feel the love for creation. But more than that, it shows how your passion can help you love yourself, your world, and help you grow into the person you need to be. Shout out to Shizuka for 1) burning down someone's house and 2) killing someone else both for misgendering Katrina. Lan heard music for the first time and said 'you could make a religion out of this' and she did.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Transphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Outing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Deadnaming, Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, and Toxic relationship

booksmellers's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Violence, and Death

caseythereader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.0

 - Whew, there is a lot going on in LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS. Not to be cheesy about a book featuring a lot of classical music, but it's a symphony of storylines that seem disparate but come together beautifully at the end.
- It's truly one of a kind - this is the type of book where you can tell the author is writing with her whole heart.
- Such wonderful exploration of what it means to be yourself, to be embodied. Of what and who counts as family, and the lengths one will go to out of love for those people. Of how the parts of you that seem like liabilities or flaws can be what make you shine.
- I do want to make sure to point out that the summary makes this sound like a silly romp, and while there are definitely funny parts and ridiculous scenarios, it's also heavy with transphobia, racism and violence. Please see The Storygraph for all content warnings and take care if you need. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child death