Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

122 reviews

jeanne_burge20's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Lesbophobia, Abandonment

kiwichill's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Lesbophobia

mariposa517's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, War

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy

gbrolsma16's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit

emapery's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

sersi's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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There were some parts of this I really did like (the core love story was strong, both Joan and Vanessa were enjoyable and interesting characters, and

I'm eternally weak for a plane/space shuttle set assumed last conversation

), but the Frances/Barbara side-plot never felt all that believable. Frances didn't read like a convincing child to me (especially during the earlier parts of the book) and Barbara felt more like a plot device for Joan to react to than a fully realized character.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia

beabingmann's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Abandonment

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail

cathyross's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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read this during PMDD week and I was sobbing so much I almost threw up 💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Abandonment

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Overall, an unexpected read for me that I actually enjoyed a lot. Before now, I never realized that NASA had a requirement that pilots must be from the military, which inherently built sexism into their organization. Reading about women who are passionate and determined to follow their dreams is always powerfully impactful. I loved going on Joan's journey of self-worth by understanding who she is and standing up for what she believes family and love mean. Her relationship with Frances is beautiful and a family goal. 

Two factors could have made this book stronger. The progression of time leading up to the events in the shuttle for Lydia and Vanessa is great, but inserting the beginning of Vanessa's time in space so early in the narrative detracts from the empathy given towards what transpires first during Vanessa's orbit. Characters should be more developed, first, to increase care in the reader. Also, the readers deserved an epilogue of what happened AFTER the last chapter's final moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

kateg94's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent