Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

28 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit, Infidelity, and Chronic illness

Minor: Death, Abortion, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

aunticles's review

funny reflective sad 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

I loved this book. The structure is unusual: a collection of short stories rather than a novel, about the 2 friends and the twists and turns their lives take, together and apart, alternating their points of view. It's full of pain and regret, but also funny at times and easy to read. A fascinating,  wry and poignant view of relationships: romantic, sexual, family, friendships. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Outing, Racism, Cancer, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

lily1304's review

hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

Sweet slice-of-life stories, and I love the structure, of jumping through time with two best friends. Sad but ultimately hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Outing

ceedy's review

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Outing, Homophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Abortion

jnlundy's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Outing

jaynovara's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, and Drug use

Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Outing, Infidelity, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Biphobia

caroliiineb's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Outing, Suicide, Abortion, Vomit, and Biphobia

readinglitwithbritt's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Outing, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Cancer, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and War

ahskme's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racism

sholcomb's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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? Yes

3.25

I loved the characters in this book, and the writing style had me captivated, but unfortunately it was just too rushed. The timeline was confusing sometimes and I couldn’t tell what had happened to get us to the point we were at, not enough was explained. Also sometimes there was too much focus on things that were never brought up again, rather than the actual friendship of Jane and Fiona. I would’ve loved if there was more time with them together, dealing with things, and more about their friendship as a whole, as well as more explanations of certain plot points. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Outing, Drug use, and Death of parent