Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia

4 reviews

chilivanilli28's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This was a very dark and strange little novel and I'm still not really sure how I felt about it. The writing is so atmospheric and some of the imagery will probably stick with me forever, but a lot of it didn't really feel like it meant anything. Considering the heavy nature of the real life topic involved I wish the book had had more to say than like "bad things are bad".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

booksdogsandcoffee's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Thank you storygram tour for an early copy in exchange for an honest review. 

Cat has become a monster. She and other students are stuck inside their high school, some are also changing into monsters while others stay human, all the while something is hunting them down. They don’t know what, but Cat’s memories are the key to why they are all there and more importantly, a way out. 

I’m going to start this off with this book is not for everyone. It deals with A LOT of very heavy topics(see cw bellow) but it made you think and feel and cry.  It was heart breaking and realistic. It isn’t the story that many of us want to read right now but one that I personally believe needs to be told. Especially with the topics that are covered. 

Cw:
Bullying
Gore
Violence
Animals killed
Classist 
Hanging
Sexual assault
Trauma 
Mental health
Eating disorder




This is a spoiler for the plot but must be mentioned. 
Spoiler

Underage pornography mentioned
School shooting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Classism, Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Animal death, Gun violence, and Body horror

Minor: Eating disorder

btwnprintedpgs's review

challenging dark emotional tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Self harm, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Eating disorder