Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

38 reviews

purplevibes123's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is so incredible. There’s no words to describe how it makes you feel. It’s been a while since I have read a book where I have felt so connected to the characters, where I have imagined what happens next just to get myself to fall asleep. When anything happens in the book, I feel it like I’m the one in the situation. I can’t recommend this enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, War, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexism and Deportation

Minor: Child abuse, Violence, and Miscarriage

jayrosew's review

adventurous emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Violence

ash_36's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, and Violence

rainbeauregard's review

challenging emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

It was eye opening to see how much has changed in the last 70 years, and how much has stayed the same. This was a thoughtful and emotional queer coming of age story that felt painfully real. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Miscarriage

camillagrace's review

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs and War

novella42's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

Minor: War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

gilnean's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Racism, Colonisation, Alcohol, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Sexism, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Outing, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, Miscarriage, and Blood

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Violence, Drug use, Classism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Excrement, War, Gore, and Adult/minor relationship

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Outing, Hate crime, Grief, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mental illness, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, War, Medical content, Violence, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, and Infertility

readinghavoc's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I really loved this book and was so inspired by Lily’s story. It was really interesting to experience the time period more intimately from her point of view.

My only hesitation about this book is the ending. It wasn’t bad, but I feel like the rest of the book had these really lovely and encouraging moments of queer joy, and the ending kind of felt defeated in comparison even though it was a relatively happy ending for the period. It’s realistic and I appreciate that, but also, I think I’m sad and tired of reading books where the gay people don’t get to be happy in the end. I would have loved to see her and Kath in their own apartment in that epilogue or spend more time with them and their letters  rather than being left off with the idea that maybe Lily and Katy can stay together in the closet. I get that the happy ending is also that she gets to keep her family but I don’t know, after how palpably miserable she is in the chapters once her family knows, I have a hard time swallowing that. Like I said, this also might just be about where I am with my feelings about queer content generally right now.  

Overall though, I’m so glad I read this, and want to give that ending a reread for sure! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Deportation and Police brutality

knockoffrainbow's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Racism, Hate crime, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: War, Abortion, Deportation, and Alcohol