Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

7 reviews

kaylokay_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Outing, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Racism, Body shaming, Deportation, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Infertility, and War

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Outing, Hate crime, Grief, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mental illness, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, War, Medical content, Violence, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, and Infertility

swaggyfrog's review

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

my time not spent reading this was spent thinking about getting back to it. i am glad to live in the time i live in now, i am grateful for the people before me whose lives were like lily hu's, and i am both excited and resentful of those who will come after me. i love you lesbians ❤️🧡🤍🩷❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Deportation, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Outing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Classism

hannahrogers's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Medical content, Lesbophobia, War, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Racism, Racial slurs, Infertility, Colonisation, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Deportation, Gaslighting, Bullying, Hate crime, War, Cursing, Genocide, Sexism, Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Misogyny, Outing, and Vomit

katboykin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

very immersive, and really beautifully done

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Infertility

ufollowbooks's review

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is an incredible story. The details, from Chinatown to references to real historical figures, are fascinating. The romance between the girls is heart-wrenching, and the ending brings out full-blown tears. Needless to say, the style itself is absolutely beautiful, to my taste. Yes, there's a slow start and the book takes a long time to "rock out", but the end is all the more stunning. After all, that's exactly how it is in reality! A monotonous and repetitive everyday life and then BOOM!

I'd also like to point out that this book makes me much more angry at the way the queer community is represented by the hetero media. Here, here is our shared trauma, here are our fears, here is The History - and it all boils down to a male gay friend helping to pick out outfits... Somehow, it doesn't seem so all-encompassing and powerful when you live it. So - thank you, Melinda Lo.

By the way, there's a huge amount of references to literature on the subject at the end, so I what I'll be reading more. And Lo's other books have already been added to Read Later!

I absolutely recommend this book. Be prepared for a slow start - you just have to get through it so you have everything you could want from the book afterwards. And have tissues and valerian ready for that "afterwards" :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexism, Toxic friendship, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Infertility, and Miscarriage

karis_1's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow, I haven't read an actual book in so long and I read this straight through in a day. My only complaint is that there's not a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Miscarriage