Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

153 reviews

eliselerario's review

emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

A sweet story (pun intended), though I did find some characters very punchable and the bi-phobia/ fetishization too real and gross (as the author intended).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Classism

restfulreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Really heartwarming and witty.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Minor: Biphobia and Body shaming

amess_x's review against another edition

funny inspiring relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

themdash's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Classism

ebroeffle's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

I LOVE Harry!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Mental illness and Violence

colinspk's review

funny lighthearted 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

rosaline palmer takes the cake is a funny, (mostly) lighthearted story, which made it a really easygoing read. i especially liked harry - he had the ideal personality for me personally. the development rosaline made was also really nice to witness. i liked that the book did have some sort of message, the one rosaline learned, but it brought it really lightly, if that makes sense. 

had a fair hard start with this book though, hence the 4 and not a 5. it took some time getting used to the chapters, which were weeks divided into a few days, since some were really long and others short. i did however, after a while really liked this, since it gives you a sense of time and involves you more with the characters in a way. the story wasnt that interesting to me in the start either, but after a while i warmed up to rosaline and mostly amelie and harry. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

takarakei's review against another edition

funny 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? It's complicated

2.5

I was laughing out loud at parts (mostly towards the beginning), it was a fun tongue in cheek take on The Great British Bake Off.
However, ultimately I really was upset by some Things that happened to our lovely Rosaline because she's bi, and also because we spend so much time with that relationship, I felt the ultimate romance to be a bit lackluster (can't really say more detail without spoilers).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Sexual assault, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy

elenushka8's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Classism

jackiepreston's review

emotional funny 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? No

3.5

This is such a an odd book to rate for me. Everything I saw or heard about this book told me it was a romance, but it's much more of a women's fiction/quarter life crisis kind of book that uses romance to drive that point home.

We spend so much time with Alain as the main love interest for Rosaline and he sucks. I wasn't suspicious of him at first, because he just seemed like a guy with a kind of mean sense of humor, but as it went on and his true colors came out it was so obvious that he sucked and there was nothing to do but get through it. The tension of their terrible relationship and sex life wasn't fun to read, especially when combined with her terrible parents.

 
In the end I did enjoy this book, mostly because of Rosaline's daughter Amelie, but it did take some pushing to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse