Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Well of Loneliness: The Classic of Lesbian Fiction by Radclyffe Hall

10 reviews

bethanwx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? No

3.0

The first half of this book is worthy of 5 stars. Stephen's relationships with Philip and Puddle are so beautifully written, and Hall really makes you root for Stephen. However, the book later conveys a white supremacist outlook held by Hall. For a book which advocates for the acceptance of queer people, the inhumane description of black characters is not only disgusting but is itself antithetical to the novel's advocation. The novel's depiction of Mary also feels incomplete. She is used as a porn by everyone, including Stephen, who is attracted to her young and naivite, even noticing that she looks younger than her age in a troubling age difference trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Fatphobia, Suicide, Sexism, Death of parent, Death, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Pedophilia

laurenw's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Alcohol, Addiction, War, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Outing, Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Animal death, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Minor: Biphobia and Antisemitism

arrr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Complicated, problematic revolutionary, contemplative. Before white folks had language for so many queer experiences. Huge influence on contemporary lgbtqia2s+ literature, I kept finding easter eggs others have referenced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, War, Homophobia, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

lucy_eleanor3's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, War, Suicide, Homophobia, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

caseythereader's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, and Suicide

tina94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, War, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Animal death, Infidelity, and Outing

Minor: Racism, Drug use, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Outing, War, Mental illness, Medical content, Death, Suicide, and Animal death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Classism, Racism, and Toxic relationship

tired_ghost's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Such a hearbreaking book, Stephen's — the main character's — struggles with her gender expression and sexuality felt very close to me, being a non-feminine lesbian myself, it was such an intimate experience to read my own thoughts on the pages of the book. Won't go into spoilers, but I really loved sweet and tender moments between Stephen and her loved one, some scenes made my heart melt and my cheeks hurt from all the smiling. I loved the way love was portrayed as something gentle, tender and cozy, it felt very authentic and matched my own experiences with love. I didn't give the book 5 stars, because I didn't like the treatment of the characters of colour in one chapter, it just felt racist to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Grief, Death, Suicide, Chronic illness, and War

Minor: Outing, War, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiegs's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Death of parent, War, and Death

neptunereign's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Racism

Minor: Animal death