Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Still Life by Louise Penny

24 reviews

prehistoricfern's review

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Homophobia

klenda_vee's review

emotional mysterious reflective slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Hate crime, and Murder

edmund_pearce's review

mysterious 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: Death, Hate crime, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Cancer, and Toxic friendship

jessversteeg's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved Penny’s way of describing things. The beginning chapter has some rather poetic descriptions which captured my attention. It’s an interesting mix of regular murder investigation and poetic Illustrations. I’ll definitely be reading more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

luananki's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

solide vier sterne. comfort krimi, wenn man das so sagen kann, will auf jeden fall den zweiten band lesen

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Violence, and Cancer

Minor: Fatphobia

bmpolito's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

I wanted to like this book. I can say that I did enjoy some aspects of the characters but the story was just okay. It felt long and unnecessarily drug out which gave way to boredom. My biggest issue is that this book was written in 2014 and it is filled with anti-fat, ableist, anti-gay, and racist descriptions of characters. A lot of the them are fat (well the female characters) but not described with that exact word. Instead, other characters wonder how they fit through doors or comment on how much food is on their plates or how much they must've eaten. There is the stereotypical, one dimensional gay couple. Bad metaphors using ableist comparisons. It's ridiculous. I can't believe that people rave about this series based on that alone. It's a shame that the characters and setting are ruined by the author's lazy use of outdated and mean tropes. I will not be continuing this series. 

If you're looking for a much better cozy mystery, check out The Noodle Shop Mystery Series by Vivien Chien. The first one is titled "Death By Dumpling."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Ableism, and Fatphobia

beccah42's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Homophobia

Moderate: Murder

princess_azula's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Grief, Death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Hate crime, and Terminal illness

kurumipanda's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Outing

shelfofunread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy