Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

18 reviews

ghostlyprince's review

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Outing

Moderate: Biphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Dementia, and Pregnancy

eaglemask's review

dark emotional tense 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

5.0

So good and yes everyone deserves monuments

and no one else gets to decide that especially not old cis het white men.

Do not read this one if you don’t want major plot twist spoiled

oh my gosh mama letty killed jades mom. Jades mom did not deserve that. Pick any of her other relatives and I’d be fine with it but Amelia did not deserve that. And Ray should have lived but that’s police violence for you. Also I hate Talulah and jades dad was only able to marry her because Amelia died

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Murder

robinks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? No

4.5

I really enjoyed the cast of characters, and the relationships/conversations between them felt real. As a queer person who is estranged from bio family, the way some of the family issues were worked through rubbed me the wrong way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-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

4.5

Loved the book for the most part, but felt like the ending was really abrupt considering the slow pacing of most of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Outing

otakatoe3's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sad_sunflower's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming and Car accident

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mia_liest's review

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

A beautiful, black, queer coming-of-age story set in a small town including quite some family mysteries. I read through the night and loved (almost) all of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

beccalove's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was beautiful. It's such a great story about generational trauma and healing. It'll probably be in my top favorites of the year. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Outing