Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

120 reviews

morag's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Police brutality

alex_johnson_2021's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Police brutality, Murder, Racism, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Death

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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: Grief, Police brutality, Homophobia, Murder, Cancer, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Addiction, Bullying, Hate crime, Racism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Murder, and Cancer

Minor: Racial slurs, Cursing, Outing, Misogyny, Body shaming, and Pregnancy

beccalove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book was beautiful. It's such a great story about generational trauma and healing. It'll probably be in my top favorites of the year. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Homophobia, Murder, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Grief, Cancer, Alcoholism, Racism, and Death

bookstarbri's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-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

3.75

I was obsessed until the ending! it ended so quickly and there were a lot of loose ends that weren't tied up, a lot of unanswered questions! But I did really enjoy this book, the ending just wasn't my fav!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Homophobia

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Bullying and Emotional abuse

earthtokb's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-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: Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Homophobia

Minor: Abandonment and Alcoholism

mshai's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

This felt like a breath of fresh air I was genuinely excited each time I picked this up. An interesting, emotional and layered plot about family trauma and healing and a sweet wlw romance. I felt the ending rushed a bit but overall very glad to have read this. Some phenomenal scenes in this that I won’t forget. A great debut by Jas Hammonds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, and Murder

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This was one of my 12 recs from 12 friends! I was pulled in right away and loved the switching POVs between MC, Avery, and third person POV snippets set in the past to give extra background.

I love the characters and the friendship between Jade, Simone, and Avery! The family relationships were also really well written. There is a major detail/twist thrown in toward the end and it’s sort of brushed over. It made the whole ending feel a bit rushed.

Overall a beautiful, lyrical queer love story mixed with a heartbreaking story about generational trauma and racism.

Rep: pansexual and biracial MC, Black side characters, bi side character, lesbian love interest, biracial author (they/she pronouns)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Racism, Death of parent, Cancer, Police brutality, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

atipsygiraffe's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

anna_wa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, Cancer, Medical content, Racism, Murder, Addiction, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Outing, and Child abuse

Minor: Car accident