Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Fraternity by Andy Mientus

17 reviews

tmledvina's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

I don't know how to describe how I feel about this book.

It's wholly uncomfortable at times, because it digs very deeply into the AIDS crisis of the 1980's & 90's. Because it shows the horrible and rampant racism and homophobia of the early 90's America. Because it doesn't shy away from showing the ugly truth. 

I was viscerally uncomfortable at certain plot points in this book, not because they were poorly handled, but because they were expertly done. They were meant to make you uncomfortable. 

I didn't expect that coming into this book, but god I am so glad I got it. A great read.

Only losing a .5 star because there were a few weird jumps in the narrative that felt like whiplash, but really they were easy enough to ignore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Outing, Violence, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Deadnaming

morgankailackerman's review against another edition

dark 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

Although the pacing was weird at times, this book was amazing. When people say that fantasy is fluff, I want to show them this book. It was so meaningful, creative? And empowering. A beauitful symbol to talk about AIDS, gay identities, homophobia, and so much more. This is a book to reread over and over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Deadnaming, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Toxic relationship

goldenlake's review against another edition

emotional 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: Terminal illness, Bullying, Chronic illness, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Transphobia, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, War, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Outing, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Biphobia

zpitts's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Bullying

Moderate: Racism and Blood

hollydunndesign's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Biphobia

c100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

abronstein's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective

• 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

I really liked this book and it would be something I'd come back to in the future. Zooey, Daniel and Leo's relationship and loyalty to each other is beautiful. I loved the style of writing and the transition between characters. I also had the opportunity to get the audiobook from the library which made the story so much better! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Child death

coco19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

toxicdropz187's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

It was good, got a little crazy and unrealistic for my liking. Still great and amazing writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, and Physical abuse

bookishpriest's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Racism, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Outing, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Transphobia, Murder, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Classism