Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper

6 reviews

osucat03's review

dark emotional medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Death, Cancer, Cursing, Sexual assault, Stalking, Dementia, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual content

mondovertigo's review

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Stalking, Infidelity, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Dementia, and Terminal illness

nerdglasses08's review

challenging dark informative sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

mlewis's review

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming, Racism, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Drug use, Colonisation, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Abortion

alaina's review

challenging dark reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

alylentz's review

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

This was very well-written and definitely kept my attention, but I was surprised how much of it was a true crime investigation and how little it was about systemic coverups (though there were very important discussions re: sexual harassment in academia and how those spaces are often hostile to women). I think part of it was just a mismatch in marketing... if you're reading to learn about a Harvard cover-up, there actually isn't very much of that and I would definitely characterize it as more of a first person true crime cold case investigation. So I understand why there is so much of the author in this book, I feel like sometimes it worked better than others. The parts about going on a dig and visiting Jane's grave worked so well that when there were discussions about bachelor parties and boyfriends they stuck out more to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Homophobia