Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

81 reviews

dcfelk's review

challenging emotional funny reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Tender and critical. Didn't expect to love it like I did. Especially a short story collection! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Infidelity, and Dementia

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, and Violence

buttermellow's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia, Abandonment, Body shaming, Child abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Physical abuse

lizziaha's review against another edition

5.0

I don’t always love short stories because I’m generally a character reader, and short stories don’t usually have the space to really flesh characters out, but every character in this collection felt so whole and real. Each story was delightful and captured so much with so little. Definitely one to revisit! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Homophobia, Murder, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Lesbophobia

daniela_cruz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

Devo dizer que fiquei agradavelmente surpreendida com este livro ao contrário da maioria das coleções de short stories que tenho lido em que a maioria tem sido hit or miss nesta coleção gostei de todas as histórias.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Racism

isabelvegga's review against another edition

reflective 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Homophobia

Moderate: Infidelity and Adult/minor relationship

jdamae11's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-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? Yes

5.0

Wow I loved all of these stories! I’ll be reading anything Deesha Philyaw puts out after finishing this collection. She covers the complexities of mother-daughter bonds, sexism, religion, spirituality, sexuality, and Black life and Black womanhood with so much care, authenticity, and nuance. There were a few times I would go back to reread lines or just pause on a page to appreciate what was conveyed. Adding this to my favorites shelf for sure. The collection opens with an absolute banger with “Eula” and although I really enjoyed all the stories, “How to Make Love to a Physicist” had me screaming crying throwing up it was so amazing. Gunna have to go back and reread that one a few more times. So thankful to the author for putting out this lovely collection!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Dementia

kendal_reads's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Dementia

Minor: Abortion

rainbowarpaint's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

frankieclc's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, and Infidelity

felishacb's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Dementia, Alcohol, Miscarriage, and Abortion