Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

242 reviews

lemoni's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Self harm, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Deportation

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

gracepizza40's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.75

This book is perfect. I highly recommend it. The character's voice is so likable and well-established. The only main thing that kept me from rating in 5 stars was the pacing in some parts of the second half.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Deportation

Moderate: Biphobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Deportation

jourdanicus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-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

4.5

So cute and sweet and fun, without being overly saccharine. YA at its best - yes the characters are teens with "teen" problems, but their problems are relatable and there's definitely something in this book for adults too. Almost a perfect 5⭐ read for me, but some of the conflicts were resolved in a heavy-handed and kind of corny way, which I can forgive because I do think that kind of resolution can be appropriate for teen readers.

A lot happened in this story but it didn't feel rushed or laid on too thick, more like enough to keep me engaged and motivated to keep reading. I'd definitely recommend for anyone who enjoys LGBTQ+ fiction, or who likes YA selectively because they sometimes get annoyed by immature characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide attempt, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Cultural appropriation

nia_readsalot's review

fast-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: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Deportation

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

trademark's review

4.5

I feel like the mom being so immediatel  cool with her kids being gay isnt that realistic and it kinda threw me off, besides that

I really liked it! All the characters felt complex and real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Outing, Toxic friendship, and Deportation

rebeccals_3825's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Emotional abuse and Lesbophobia

hannahgarstang's review

Glad I read this, it made me cry and laugh. 

I really loved the discourse around coming out and how it should always be on your own terms and that we don't owe other people that info. 

I also thought the conversations around cultural identity were handled really well. 

This book touched on so many difficult issues around race, sexuality and mental health. It did this while also being funny and even quite fluffy at times. I wish I'd been able to read something like this as a young adult/teen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Deportation

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Violence, and Toxic friendship

mairi99's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

abby_can_read's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

3.0

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This was cute and emotional. Overall, I enjoyed this book. I shed plenty of tears and there were laughs to be had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Minor: Biphobia

ssinforshort's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

I enjoyed this start to finish. 

This was cute, emotional journey, that I didn't want to end. 

Yami is a main character I won't forget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts