Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Company of Liars by Karen Maitland

11 reviews

snslayer's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.0

This was an interesting read but an absolutely brutal one. Very bleak so read with care, especially if you’re Jewish, queer, disabled, or a woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Child death, Incest, Body horror, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Animal death, Ableism, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual violence, Rape, Animal death, Blood, and Sexual assault

pythonesque's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.5

This book frustrates me. Is it a fantasy, or is it an apocalyptic thriller with heavily hallucinating vagabonds? Why does it have an open ending? Why the murderer has NO explanations to their deeds??
TW: graphic description of childbirth 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Bullying, Homophobia, and Antisemitism

feelingpeachygreen's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

THE TWISTS. THE TURNS. THE REVEALS. 

I thought this was YA by the cover, when I picked it up for 50p from a charity shop. But goodness me, it's gruesome. And brutal. 

I struggled with the slow pace at the start of the book compared to the fast pace at the end of the book - that'd why it's not 5*. 

It would make a cracking historical thriller film if the pace could be evened out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Incest and Homophobia

eb2114's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, and Antisemitism

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

Contains several characters who display period typical homophobia and antisemitism, including a main character, although the narrator and general attitude of the book is neither antisemitic nor homophobic

ch3llou's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Homophobia

Minor: Bullying, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Incest, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

christcore's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Enjoyed it just about as much as I expected to. LOTS of words that were unfamiliar to me as an American English speaker. Reading it on my kindle, it was frustrating that many of the words didn’t have entries in the dictionaries available. BUT there is a glossary at the end that I discovered after reading the whole thing.

Pacing is a bit odd. The beginning is meandering w/ a lot of minor interactions documented and then the last five or so chapters area a whirlwind of major events.

Gruesome and ugly in a way that feels appropriate for the time period. 

Surprisingly little to do with the actual plague beyond it being the reason that the group must travel to outpace the pestilence,  The ending twist was frankly unnecessary and didn’t really shock me. 

CW: ableism, antisemitism, homophobic hate crime, suicide by hanging, traumatic childbirth scene, age gap sexual encounter b/t master and apprentice, some medical gore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Incest and Racism

miastr's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Incest, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Homophobia, Murder, Sexism, Suicide, Rape, Religious bigotry, Outing, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, Ableism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion and Eating disorder

twigsandtoast's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

soupy_twist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism and Homophobia

astronut's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Antisemitism, Abortion, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Homophobia

Moderate: Incest, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy