Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

156 reviews

hollokim's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Bullying

bookswithmaia's review

hopeful reflective medium-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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Racism, Homophobia, and Bullying

ophycore's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Homophobia, Racism, Outing, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Cultural appropriation, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

i enjoyed the realistic take on how high schoolers deal with issues of cultural appropriation and homophobia. the end felt a bit too quick tying things up, however. i do like that the focus was on the main character developing her own agency throughout the story. the romantic side of the story was not profoundly interesting in itself, but still helped to display the complexities of life as a young person when you are “different”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Islamophobia

lily1304's review

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

Sweet lil YA story. Felt like the interpersonal conflict was wrapped up a little too neatly and easily. But I liked it anyway!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Cultural appropriation

colorful_lulu's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racism, Outing, Islamophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Bullying

Minor: Toxic friendship

iirisrenvall's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Homophobia, Bullying, Lesbophobia, and Racism

gurkanwal27's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

The book just didn't stand out to me. The characters were two dimensional and i DID NOT cared about them at all. I couldn't even bring myself to care about the MC. 
It does catch that weird silent treatment thing some parents give their children but it just gets repetitive after a while. I understand the characters are in high school so they'll do weird cringey stuff but they just didn't seemed to be real to me.  Also, the whole asian thing, speaking as an asian, seemed *a bit* forced. Like you don't need to remind me "its the bengali in you" in every chapter. Ykwim? All in all i was expecting more of actual "brown queer representation" but it just flat at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Outing, and Homophobia

Minor: Racism

mani_p's review

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying and Racism

laureliz's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racism, Outing, and Homophobia