Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki

10 reviews

ceilisbookshelf's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexism, Racism, and Lesbophobia

genevieve_eggleston's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Outing, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, Classism, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

agoldendear's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful

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

4.0

First of all, I haven’t read Anne of Green Gables, so I won’t compare this to that.

The main thing I liked about this book was the characters. I particularly liked that Anne’s parents had complex personalities and were a significant part of the story. Not that the other main characters weren’t also good.

I liked the writing style, which was kind of all-over-the-place to match Anne’s personality. I can imagine that some other readers might get annoyed by it, which is also valid. The dialogue was also good and felt pretty real to me, especially the conversations between Anne and Berry.

The main thing I had an issue with was more my own problem rather than the book itself. This book basically has constant bullying and a lot of homophobia and racism that the main character has to deal with. I tend to look for a little more escapism in my reading, so this book ended up being stressful for me in a way I didn’t really like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Vomit

Hate crime includes

vandalism and someone getting hit in the head with a soccer ball.

theespressoedition's review against another edition

2.0

I wanted to love this, but I just couldn’t. The concept was great. The execution was not. It was very angry and frustrating and took WAY too long to develop. I shouldn’t have been wondering what would happen with 6 pages left. The dialogue and writing was bizarre. Too many questions and uses of “like.” Just definitely not my jam, sadly. It makes me so sad ugh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Bullying, Classism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

queenkath32's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.0

As someone who adores Anne of Green Gables I was really hoping to like this. It was mostly fine, I felt like the plot was pretty standard, and it wasn’t a bad modernization of the setting. In all, though, it ended up feeling very meh. I liked most of the characters, but somehow everyone ended up feeling flat—especially Tanner and Sarah. Where in the original AoGG I find Anne charming and creative, this felt more like a discount version of her character. I liked Berry the best out of everyone in this, especially because I think Tamaki fleshed out her character in a more creative way than other modernizations have done

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Body shaming, and Racism

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, and Bullying

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

crizzle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Gaslighting, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Blood

lettuce_read's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

erins_bookshelf_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.5

I loved this so much; it was really cute and fun while also being emotional when needed and it was just great :) 

The end actually kind of surprised me because up until Berry said what her dad’s last name was I thought Gilly was supposed to be a genderbent Gilbert, but I’m realizing she was actually supposed to be like a Diana figure and it makes much more sense that way

 
Anyway this was fun and it’s a nice final book for 2022 :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia and Bullying

noyastan's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying