Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

66 reviews

etmetmetm's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide attempt

marciafelis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

Someone recommended this book to me as (in short) "Harry Potter but better", and it did not disappoint. I love the way magic works in this book, and the characters were vibrant and most of them were very relatable. As some other reviewers have pointed out, the story does feel like very elaborate (and well-written) fanfiction at times. For me, that's more of a feature than a bug, but some people might be a bit exasperated by the tropes employed.

One minor gripe is that apparently none of the characters know bisexuality is a thing. It would be fine if it was just that

Simon

hasn't thought of it (with emphasis on how

he

often "doesn't think") or doesn't want to define

him

self/use that label (yet), but someone (at the very least

the psychologist Simon starts seeing in the epilogue

) could have brought it up. I'll see how it's going to turn out in the next book, though, as I'm going to Carry On reading!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Classism, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, Animal death, and Blood

strange_little_ranger's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death, Drug use, Grief, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

vaguely_pink'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal death, Biphobia, Classism, Murder, Violence, Death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Vomit, and War

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Minor: Abandonment, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, War, Xenophobia, Murder, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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: Death of parent, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia

spw14's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Homophobia

sadig27's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Murder

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was wonderful in so many unexpected ways!! It's everything I wish Harry Potter had been.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Kidnapping