Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

10 reviews

specklecommittee's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

4.25

A great queer coming of age story with a main character who remains true to herself. It warmed my heart and was the best book I read this year so far. Love how it romanticizes Pennsylvania. I hope Rita Mae is doing well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Homophobia, Classism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Death of parent

Minor: Incest

thatchickengirl23's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Sexism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Abortion, Death of parent, and Incest

Minor: Infidelity and Forced institutionalization

mabbysampkins's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Rape, Racial slurs, Incest, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

oklaheauxma's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

good shit! Must read for any queer person. Love love love!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

patchy_at_best's review

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, Biphobia, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Cursing, Cancer, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization

citrine's review against another edition

This book is...fine. I guess. I read it and discussed it for class, and there were some parts that I felt were funny and compelling, but I found it overall just droll and off-kilter. Style is always a matter of taste, bur I really didnt mesh with the narrative style of the book as a whole. My professor (Lesbian Literatures at W&M) said something along the lines of this book being "confused" and I think that hits on it well. RMB is frustratingly inconsistent - decrying societal norms in one breath ( there is are constant references to a "do what you want" kind of attitude), and undermining that ethos in the next. I think there is a decent honesty in the book, and a narrator to whose emotions we have less access than common. Im not an expert in the demographics of NYC queer street life in the period, but the absence of even a passing mention of trans people felt odd to me - the protagonist of the story lives on the streets of the city at one point (an experience RMB had herself) and it strikes me as odd that she wouldnt have encountered any trans swers or anything strikes me as odd. Almost an erasure - but I will need to do more research to say for sure. Lastly, the main character commits what can only be described as sexual assault twice in this book. While the sexual politics and dynamics of conset (especially queer consent, with the often repressed desires of individuals intermingling with contradictory ways of showing interes) have changed a lot, it just feels weird! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Outing, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Death of parent

whimsykat's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Blood, Abortion, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Infidelity, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicide, Pregnancy, Incest, Classism, Alcoholism, Racism, and Sexual harassment

sib_reads's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Incest

Moderate: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Infertility, Suicide, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Antisemitism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Misogyny

raesengele's review

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexism, Sexual content, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Racism, Antisemitism, Rape, and Sexual assault

cate_with_a_c's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I’ve read this more than once because it’s some of the only representation of queer people I could find. I tend to block out how Molly does commit sexual assault twice on people and the hell with it attitude on butch and femme culture and saying all lesbians are ugly isn’t great either. I think I liked her writing because it’s quick and the story was one of the only books I could find but it’s far from perfect. 

She gets two pages where she’s mostly happy with a girlfriend and that’s it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Sexual assault