Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

67 reviews

sophiaroesler's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Hate crime

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

grace_madeleine's review

4.0

 “There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it” will probably never leave my mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Death

Minor: Violence and Blood

kerrence30's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Short but well rounded. Sad, complex, intriguing, hard.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

moonbeamdmercutio's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

Annie Proulx is going to hell for writing this. Not because it's gay, but because it absolutely ruined my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Hate crime and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

lucyatoz's review

challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Hate crime, Violence, and Sexual content

ellenravioli's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.5

I dont know who I was before this book and movie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Grief, and Homophobia

deadnettle's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

💔💔💔

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Death and Violence

chimichannika's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

I haven’t seen the movie but decided to read this book this year and am so glad I did. Two rural, low-income queer men find connection and love in one another, and are drawn to each other over the years but because of society cannot be together. Brokeback Mountain is a series of short and poignant snapshots throughout their lives with many things unsaid between them and in the narrative, but in a way that works, both from a storytelling perspective and to mirror their own relationship. At times it has beautiful moments of prose and at times is raw and gritty. In only 55 pages Proulx tells a lifelong story of compelling, heartbreaking love. It’s emotive and incredibly sad and definitely worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Biphobia, Excrement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Child abuse, and Homophobia

ohboysidd's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia