Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

189 reviews

hillcm91's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

This could have been a lot of fun but it dragged. Repetitive plot points, minimal character development beyond “give them trauma and heal them with the perfect partner,” generally I was just…bored.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Homophobia

kailanlovescats's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

Overall fun time. A cozy fantasy romance read for me, but some situations may be too high stakes for others. Nothing too extraordinary happens but the romance was cute and the characters were lovable. The "who is trying to kill the main characters?" plot came second and was a little drawn out. But again, cute overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Blood, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Transphobia

The main character is sexually assaulted by his ex, which results in some lingering trauma throughout the book.

he's forecefully kissed, forced to give a handjob, and forced to use his thighs

sophmcgraw's review

Poor world-building, lack of characterization, graphic trauma before any character development, overall big flop

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

jennp28's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this story. The mix of intrigue, politics, character and world building, and sweet romance is perfection. This is not usually my go-to genre but I picked it up on recommendation of a reading challenge and am so glad I did! The inclusion of gender and sexuality and their treatment in the various cultures was especially well done and women very well into the story so it didn’t seem preachy or forced. Lots of trigger warnings in this one though so make sure to check those. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Blood, and Homophobia

Minor: Transphobia, Confinement, and Vomit

sissizc's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Animal death, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Self harm, Rape, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Vomit

journalsanddragons's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Mental health and working through trauma is a major through line for this book. Supportive and patient love interest, and relatable characters with grey morality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Homophobia

khiobe's review

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

ammah's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Rape

hades_hotline's review against another edition

4.25

the best part of this book was definitely the characters and their dynamics.  i loved the relationship dynamic, the love was so gentle and so beautiful. plot was there but mainly as a vehicle for character development, tho i did appreciate the little plot twist and fast paced (and tense) ending. kept me on my toes and engaged in the story beyond the relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Homophobia, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

sthackst's review

adventurous 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

4.25

Very good read, breezed right through it. The characters felt real, were well developed and likeable. Good mix of romance and plot. The switches between 1st and 3rd person POV was odd at first but I quickly got used to that. Biggest con was the ending felt abrupt. Like some other reviews have said, the worldbuilding dichtomacy of the two countries as 1) awful and 2) a utopia felt a bit overdone, and some events left me thinking that the main characters should probably need a hot minute more to process the events that just went down. But as I wasn't here for high-fantasy literature, I was here for queer arranged marriage fun, I could suspend disbelief without too many issues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Rape