Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Brudstykker by Karin Slaughter

43 reviews

madlain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Dementia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Blood, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape and Racism

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Body shaming

abzster53's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Homophobia

slee907's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Homophobia

natalya_c14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

goblinghost_39's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Murder, Mental illness, Homophobia, Drug use, Violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

zurikittycat's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia

jinx_mars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Self harm, Racism, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

dayingst's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Miscarriage

Minor: Cancer and Rape

sparetimebibliophile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This wasn’t the book for me. I genuinely did not care what happened to the characters in this, and it seemed very drawn out. It was hard to keep track of the characters and the book seemed very disjointed to me. The concept was interesting, I just didn’t connect with the story enough. I also thought the AIDS representation was a bit troubling. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, and Mental illness

applejacksbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

As far as a thriller goes, this does its job, especially toward the beginning and the end. Overall, I think it was too long. The chapters are so long and I feel like the book could have been structured differently and it would have been a better impact. There was a good chunk of the book in the middle that was super bland compared to the rest of the book so I just have to rate it in the middle ground. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Dementia