Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore

19 reviews

bookishmillennial's review

medium-paced

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

This was not my favorite of the series so far (the first one was fine!), but I will continue on and see if I like the third one. First of all, I found the inclusion of the Shiva tattoo to be ..... a choice. I don't know, I just felt it was unnecessary and if you're going to do something like this, as a white writer, you need to do your due diligence and you *need* to hire sensitivity readers. I appreciate whenever historical romance tries to add commentary on the racism, sexism, colonization, etc. of the time, but you still need to do it with immense care. 

Tristan & Lucie were okay; I do enjoy a slow burn because I love the unraveling of each character and the final ultimate "okay fine you have broken down my walls and I want you!" That is always delicious. However, I just could not find the male love interest that redeemable. Was he charismatic and had his sweet moments? Yes, absolutely. I just didn't feel he redeemed himself, that's all!

Steam was a 2.5/5 

content warnings are below!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Animal death, and Sexism

Minor: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and War

haley49's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Colonisation, War, Violence, Classism, and Death

unsuccessfulbookclub's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Mental illness, Sexism, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, War, and Biphobia

eleek0609's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Domestic abuse and War

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Sexual content, Sexism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Confinement

Minor: Physical abuse, Homophobia, Racism, War, and Death

Veiled cultural appropriation and fetishization of South Asian women

hayley_nelson915's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Mental illness, War, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

macykey's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was extremely slow in the beginning but once it picked up, it PICKED UP and I couldn’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Homophobia

bexi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Animal death, Classism, Colonisation, War, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

luckykosmos's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

I love the characters individually, but I wasn't fond of the premise of their romance, and books where being smitten as children elide the introduction frustrate me. This one was better than others in that they still show that introduction and show how the characters' dynamics have stayed the same or changed over time, what that means for each of them, that Ballentine's needling of Lucie is an aspect of trying to get and keep her attention - but his proposition was still a slightly sour taste in my mouth. I also was not fond of how the dynamic with Arthur played out, and feel that he as a character could have been better than his stereotypical outcome.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

evie_dora's review

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

this book was  fantastic. i can’t even describe how perfect the banter was. the tension was literally unreal. i was probably screeching for at least 75% of the reading time. PERFECTION.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Homophobia