Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

7 reviews

nojerama's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

OK, I absolutely LOVED this. The best way I can describe it is whimsical eldritch horror, set in a world of magical realism. It deals hugely with themes of queerness and being an outsider in your own body and home, and how those around you try to force and mould you into their shape. How you can escape that and find your people who will love you as you are. Phenomenal book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Deadnaming, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Outing, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

hendrixpants's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault

Moderate: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

znvisser's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This was colourful and a bit weird and full of life and even fuller of appreciation for it. I enjoyed reading it, even though bits probably went over my head (that’s something I anticipate with magical realism tho, especially when it’s embedded so deeply into a culture that’s not mine). This wasn’t really a novel nor a short story collection, but the author really managed to combine both into something of its own, with its own rules and flow. By the second half it gets a bit repetitive thematically, but there’s still a lot to love. Definitely interesting and worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I picked this up by chance at the Aesop Queer Library and I am so glad I did. As an American it took a bit to understand some of the dialogue but it is worth it. For a lot of the book it functions almost like short stories with a thematic through line for each section, but the end threads them all together beautifully in a way that made me sob. I loved it and will be looking for more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Body horror, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Deadnaming

tessjx's review

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Hate crime, Sexual content, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Religious bigotry

abijmieds's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Cancer, Confinement, Mental illness, Outing, Murder, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Drug use, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Death, Sexism, Violence, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Racial slurs

katiewhocanread's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Cannibalism and Child abuse