Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue

73 reviews

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Deadnaming, Bullying, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Outing, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, and Outing

radler's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Hate crime

xari's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense slow-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Biphobia

vespera's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Transphobia, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Biphobia, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

pumpkinbread's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Bullying and Blood

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Outing and Injury/Injury detail

lunaxlore's review

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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Dysphoria

Minor: Domestic abuse

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Blood, Transphobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Self harm

Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Racism, and Medical content

onmalsshelf's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Racism

renettereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

So I fell head over heels in love with this story and all the characters. Queer, mysteriously witchy, and totally fun, I listened to the beautifully narrated audiobook.

It follows Maeve, a high school student, who stumbles upon a pack of tarot cards and finds herself with an affinity for reading them, even though she’s an otherwise terrible student. When her ex-best friend Lily disappears after a reading (and subsequent argument with Maeve), the latter starts to feel she might be to blame.

I was wholly gripped by this book from start to finish. Maeve is by no means a perfect character, and you discover that she is largely to blame for much of her misery – whether she’d like to admit it or not – but that’s what drew me to her. At times, she’s flawed and selfish, but she's also compassionate and trying to be better. I loved her journey of self-discovery and growth, and though this is only the first of three books, I felt that she pretty much did a complete 180. 

Her relationship with Roe, Lily’s queer brother, was endearing and sweet, and I loved that Caroline O’Donoghue used the character, alongside Maeve’s lesbian sister Joanne, to exemplify the prejudice and bigotry in Ireland (and let’s face it, across the world). 

There were equal amounts of unsettling and heartwarming moments and several little threads that were nicely tied at the end of this book. I highly recommend this for a magical, fierce and intriguing YA book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Minor: Self harm and Bullying