Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose

9 reviews

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

The slowest burn I've ever read from a thriller. Only picked up at the 7 hour mark. Which is a little unfortunate that you spend 7 hours listening to only get 2 hours of intriguing action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Bullying, Infidelity, Death, Classism, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Biphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, and Trafficking

sarahmae531's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Really liked this book! Definitely gave me Big Little Lies vibes (the show, at least) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, and Trafficking

jjohnston_05's review

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

Honest to god fantastic. It’s like the show real housewives on steroids. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Trafficking, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

meaghancook's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The ending on this felt a little rushed. Also a bit too much telling rather than showing. But I loved the characterization of each woman and how they felt like their own whole characters. I do wish that Olivia’s obvious sociopathy was explored a bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gun violence and Trafficking

Minor: Homophobia

kelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Alcohol

flibbertigibbetmaria's review

funny mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Homophobia

sderrig's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Slavery, Outing, Biphobia, Bullying, and Child abuse

_thelitlibrarian's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

4.00 stars
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TW: Bullying, Death, Domestic Abuse, Biphobia, Body Shaming, Homophobia
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Oh, the drama! This reminded me of any given season of Real Housewives with a dash of murder, and I was here for it. We follow a group of women of Buckhead who are known for their wealth and viciousness. I loved the setup of this book, the chapters were so short that they kept me on the edge of my seat. Given the title of this book, we know there's been a murder, but we don't know right away who's been murdered, and even who is a suspect, we follow Jenny, a hairstylist, as she's being interviewed by the police on her relationship with the victim and the suspects. 

I loved how realistic some points of the plot were, I think about all the times I go to my hairstylist and just end up spilling all of my juicy life details. This was a blast to read, some of the characters were so awful that at some points I was hoping that they had been the victim (as bad as that sounds), I'm not normally a fan of unrealistic plot points, but this was the perfect popcorn thriller that I needed! I will admit that at first, I had gotten a little confused with the multiple POVs and had a hard time tracking what character was who, and who was married to who, but after about the 20% mark I was all set on the different characters. 

I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, all thoughts and opinions are my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Homophobia, Death, and Body shaming

brokenbodybitch's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Suicide, Trafficking, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content