Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

56 reviews

nitar8's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Cursing, and Terminal illness

jj_tj's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, and Car accident

beatriks's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25

This was less lighthearted than I had expected, nevertheless heartwarming and hopeful. There were lots of funny moments, but also very sad ones.

that birthday cake scene, what did I cry!

I would definitely recommend the book and I’m planning to read more books by Steven Rowley.

Also, I could feel the heat of Palm Springs shine through the pages.

Curious to find out who’s going to play Patrick in the movie/TV adaptation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Addiction

Minor: Drug use

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Car accident, and Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Medical content, and Vomit

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Drug use, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Abandonment, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Outing, Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

readbetweenthespine's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad 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: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

cheezyreads's review against another edition

4.75

As someone who no longer has a guncle this book hits me right in the feels in the best way possible.  It was a wild ride of emotions and wonderfully done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Homophobia

katharina90's review

funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

This was kind of meh. Some bits were funny, others were cringey or just fell flat. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Grief, and Addiction

Minor: Fatphobia and Ableism

menomica's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

I love you, he said silently in his head, to himself, to the kids, to Joe, to Sara, to no one. To everyone.

I really loved how the theme of this book was about family and support. I loved watching Patrick grow throughout the book. I also really loved how honest this book was with grief. Watching Patrick essentially get PTSD flashbacks from Sara’s death to Joe’s felt so… real? I don’t know, but it was done very well.
The kids were adorable (especially Grant).
That whole subplot with Clara pissed me clean the fuck off, but I’m glad it was resolved quickly and with little fuss.
I really enjoyed this book.

Understandably, some might feel the part about Patrick never really confronting his agent for assaulting him as anticlimactic, but I think the point was more to acknowledge that those dynamics are prevalent in the industry and less so to serve as storyline in itself.

I loved JED. Emory was cute,

and I’m happy they ended up together

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual harassment, Car accident, and Homophobia

maxinesf's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug abuse and Homophobia