Reviews tagging 'Outing'

The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen

10 reviews

growintogardens's review

dark 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

4.5

Better than the first and the mc is growing on me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Murder, Lesbophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Death, Alcohol, Outing, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, War, Racism, and Grief

mrshays's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Misogyny, Racism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Outing, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexism, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Sexual assault

caidyn's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed how this delved into Evader's past. I liked to see that, plus his growing self-acceptance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Police brutality

eggboy397's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Police brutality, Murder, Violence, and Outing

shinypurplepants's review

adventurous emotional mysterious

• 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

4.5

Incredibly slow burn on the mystery in this one but it works really well as a character study of our noir detective, Andy, as he comes to terms with his past and works toward his (hopefully happy) future!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Misogyny, Murder, and Homophobia

Moderate: War

iridescentdreams's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Violence, Torture, Murder, and Death

Minor: Racism

kharlan3's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Top misc (mystery) of 2023

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Outing

laura_keoski's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Outing, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Violence and Racial slurs

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

gogglor's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-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

In hindsight, I should have guessed this book would be just as full of moving depictions of queer community and belonging as the first. Not only is it a great noir mystery, it’s a trenchant take on how secrecy and shame and isolation can turn us into monsters, and the necessity of community and acceptance, of them, for them, and also of yourself. 10/10, will definitely be reading this one again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing and Homophobia

bookenbee's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Police brutality

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, War, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Gun violence, Racism, Outing, Sexism, Medical content, Colonisation, Death, and Drug use