Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill

10 reviews

lilymaerobson's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death of parent, Death, and Cancer

Minor: Abortion

plantainicus's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Homophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ghostriver's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicide

siobhanward's review

dark medium-paced

1.5

 I really wanted to like this book - the story was cool, it was well-developed and clever, but man was it problematic. I'm just going to tag the rest of my review for spoilers, since it's all pretty spoiler-y, but mostly I'm just diving into various things that strike me as pretty jarringly problematic.

Firstly, we have another lovely case of a queer character attempting suicide as a result of their sexuality. Sure, she doesn't succeed, but she then buries her true sexuality and marries a man. She does eventually get a better ending, but I don't really think that this was needed. It didn't actually add a whole lot.

Second, all the female characters seemed to do was be miserable. Every woman had something (or multiple) horrible things happen, and honestly not really in a horror way, just in a sad way. Abuse, assault, family trauma, etc. and the only real purpose was to give Noah a plot.

Finally, the whole story is basically one about grooming - that's what the plot really comes down to, and it's never really addressed in terms of how horrific it is. I agree with other reviewers that if Noah had been a female character being groomed, people would have been much more upset, but Hamill gets away with it because Noah is a boy.

Going into this I really thought that I might come out of it as a book that I could use as an alternative when people recommend House of Leaves , but while this book has a much better plot, there are just so many things that gave me bad vibes that I don't think I'll be recommending it... 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

scenic92's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

valent1ne's review

4.0

ending wasn’t my fav but monster noah i love u

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Cancer, and Pedophilia

Minor: Hate crime

gfrankensteinem's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

I really liked this book and the writing. However, DEFINITELY check out the content warnings section. There's a lot to be cautious of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

malloryfitz's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion

janinaloveletters's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia

keen's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

For the Hamill's first novel, this was great. I read this book without fully reading the summary, so that was a big ride to go through. I had no idea where things would go. Throughout the book I felt tense, literally shaken, happy, and like I was going to cry. I enjoyed the smooth transitions from section to section, chapter to chapter, and year to year.  Eunice is also a character I related to so much it made finishing the book painful at times. I'm not happy with how some characters ended up, but I'm fine with it. It's a book that feels very realistic with how not everything can be wrapped up in a neat and tidy bow, which makes me more sad than disappointed.

Usually I don't reread books, but I can see myself rereading/skimming through to see what I missed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia and Hate crime