Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

31 reviews

stampest's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Outing, Medical content, and Xenophobia

mimeflower's review against another edition

funny hopeful mysterious 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: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Toxic friendship

katielaine_w's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, and Grief

moonytoast's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-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

3.25

enjoyable read but dragged in the middle section of the book to the point i started debating DNF-ing…. glad i didn’t though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Minor: Biphobia, Murder, Homophobia, Death, and Violence

claudiamacpherson's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Medical content, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Grief, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Biphobia

robyn_fenix's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Biphobia, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

Minor: Gore and Homophobia

caroliners's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia

mrswhiteinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-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

4.0

Hank Green managed to write a spot-on satire of the Covid-19 pandemic several years before it happened, pinpointing the source of our intense division and the misery of being more connected than ever but ever more alone... And he did it without it being a pretentious slog, in a book with mechas, puzzles, and a true sense of wonder. While some aspects of it may grate (the sometimes overly twee dialogue that his brother also seems to love to employ) his use of specific details and his deeply flawed heroine keep this book grounded and the pages fly by. Bravo all around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death

Minor: Xenophobia and Homophobia

Hank Green managed to write a spot-on satire of the Covid-19 pandemic several years before it happened, pinpointing the source of our intense division and the misery of being more connected than ever but ever more alone... And he did it without it being a pretentious slog, in a book with mechas, puzzles, and a true sense of wonder. While some aspects of it may grate (the sometimes overly twee dialogue that his brother also seems to love to employ) his use of specific details and his deeply flawed heroine keep this book grounded and the pages fly by. Bravo all around.

bidoofenergy's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Xenophobia

Moderate: Biphobia and Homophobia

youreawizardjerry's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Gave me nostalgia for adventure books from elementary school while incorporating adult themes and characters. Good laughs, also love the underlying message and the robot imagery is fun & fresh!

Unfortunately, this book is essentially 90% exposition/set-up with little to no reward. That is all saved for the sequel. I really enjoyed the second book and together they are strong so I'm rating with that in mind, but stand-alone this book would get a 2.5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia