Reviews tagging 'Outing'

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

4 reviews

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

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