Reviews tagging 'Outing'

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron

4 reviews

mirandyli's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

I loved this retelling. It's my favorite in the remixed classics series so far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Classism, Cursing, Hate crime, Abandonment, Body horror, Addiction, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Medical content

meowster18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

This book had me quaking at the end. Loved the characters and loved the story. My only gripes were that the ending felt rushed and the main character clingy behavior annoyed me but the story flushed out in such a way that you can empathize and sympathize with Gabriel. Great story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Classism, Stalking, Racism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Violence, and Outing

Minor: Grief

bea_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.75

I really liked this book, and I think the only thing I would consider a downside was how few answers we got about what was actually going on with Henry. It’s kind of just like “Aha! A potion! That explains everything!” when there was so much more that could’ve been expanded upon. Just seemed like a bit of a lost opportunity to add some really cool intrigue is all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Misogyny, Outing, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Outing, and Police brutality

patricktreads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Ok, first off I would like to say that I think this is one of my favorite books that I have read by Kalynn Bayron. I love her others, but this one just really connected with me. This was also the second retelling that I read in this retold classics series . 

This retelling was very dark and told in a time period where being not only LGBTQ+ was considered wrong, but also the color of both the main protagonists skin. Using both of those factors worked well in telling the story and the why the Jekyll/Hyde character was subject to what they were in the story. 

I honestly never thought a love between this story would be as intense as it was. I was hooked from the very beginning. 

The narrator did an outstanding job of encompassing the characters, and their tone and delivery was chefs kiss. I would absolutely read future works read by them, and I will absolutely be reading the next retold classic in this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Outing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Bullying, Death, Cursing, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Alcohol