Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

I fell in love with hope by Lancali

3 reviews

alanakuni's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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? Yes

2.0

this book is written for teenagers on tumblr in 2014 and i can say this because i was one. the plot is an afterthought to the pretty prose written by the author. truly every line is trying to be "quotable." by the time i realized i didn't care to finish this story i was already so close to the end i thought i might as well get there but i wouldn't recommend this to any adult. there are also some points that i feel were handled irresponsibly when discussing mental illness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Violence, Death, Abortion, Self harm, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Bullying, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

vi_holmes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

Make sure you have tissues and read the warnings, but this is a pretty good debut! Neo has my soul and I loved Sonny so much! Also Eric is such a mood. 
I will say that the ending felt long winded and some of the dialog was idealic/unnatural especially in the last quarter of the book. But the way the author doesn't shy away from the harsh subjects she tackles in the book really makes up for!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Eating disorder, Grief, Self harm, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Hate crime, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

sophtruepenny's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I can’t say I enjoyed this book, but I am glad I read it. It was inspiring, while also being dark and heavy. 

Really, if ‘Hetero’ is ‘everyone’s gay and no one dies’, then ‘I fell in love with hope’ is ‘everyone’s gay and everyone dies.’ It has inspired characters in my own works. It was metaphor heavy, and I could tell the author is young (though that is a neutral comment). There are parts I wished were omitted just to remove the slight bias the white author has in imagining Hope/Sam. They were intended to be written race-less and gender-less, but details suggest otherwise.

I did cry though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Child abuse, Cancer, Bullying, and Blood