Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary

102 reviews

abimyers_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

3 ⭐ 
2 🌶️

The Road Trip follows a group of people travelling to a wedding together after their cars crash. In one car is Addie and Deb who are sisters and Rodney a random person needing a lift and the other car happens to be Dylan Addie's ex and his best friend Marcus.

Duel perspective following Addie's and Dylan's relationship at the beginning and being forced together in a car.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident

sissiemilia's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Rape

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

leftreads's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Alcoholism

Minor: Homophobia

The emotional abuse is part of a platonic relationship

avisreadsandreads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Stalking, and Vomit

Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy

owls_rainbow's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

Just another sweet story by this author. I was a bit worried that I wouldn't vibe with their relationship during the first flashback, but it quickly became very engrossing and I wanted to understand their history immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Bullying, and Classism

ekclar's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Stalking

Minor: Homophobia

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

This book was so melodramatic. I went in expecting a romcom, and while there were moments of comedic relief, the overall story was a bit pretentious and felt like I was reading a less glamorous version of an episode of gossip girl. The main characters fall in love one summer abroad but their relationship struggles due to class divide and family expectations. A few years later, they reconnect on the way to a friend’s wedding when the MMC breaks down and has to road-trip to Scotland with the FMC. I liked the alternating timelines between past and present as it kept the reader engaged with the main characters’s love story, but when the reason for their original break up was revealed, I was over it. I did not think what the MMC did was easily forgivable despite his mental health struggle and honestly felt that the main couple should just stay broken up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Cursing

Moderate: Homophobia, Classism, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Sexual content

lovetlr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

cami_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia