Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

17 reviews

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, and Death

Minor: Grief, Medical content, Animal death, and Infidelity

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Outing, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

lavenderviolin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Animal death, Outing, and Physical abuse

nightfell's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

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

3.0

Reading about Jeanette's heavily religious upbringing was fascinating. The sort of things she would do or say or think that was so normalised within her community then seeing the disparity in her interactions at school made for an interesting narrative. I would have liked the author to have gone into more depth relating to the queer aspect of the novel, her internal thoughts and fears that come with self-discovery and her grappling with that was a missed opportunity as her 'coming out' was so abrupt. The magical realism element was at times confusing and ultimately I found it unnecessary and distracting but I'm sure it had a literary purpose, just not one that I appreciated.

Anyone with any religious trauma, queer or not, should take caution, this is a heavy one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Misogyny

morose's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Child abuse, and Lesbophobia

michmoo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Outing, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Lesbophobia

alyal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Pedophilia

balth_the_chaotic_good's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Outing, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

I dont know how I feel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Racism, Hate crime, Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Death, Racial slurs, and Ableism

Minor: Chronic illness, Bullying, Vomit, Outing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

Hallucinations, psychiatric institution, ableist slurs

sophie42's review

challenging 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Outing

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, and Sexual content