Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

4 reviews

inkwell_god's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

I LOVED this book. I borrowed it from the library and now I can't wait to buy my own copy. This book is absolutely wonderful. If you like lesbians and ruffians, I implore you to pick up this book and give it a shot

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Classism

mirireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

rey_therese07's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Religious bigotry

Minor: Murder and Colonisation

foreverinastory's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

Ugh I loved this so much!!

Rep: Spanish-Peruvian sapphic female MC, biracial Dutch-Peruvian (indigenous) lesbian female MC, Spanish cishet male side character with gout who uses a walking aid, Spanish and Peruvian cast, mute Peruvian female side character who uses sign language. 

CWs: Alcohol consumption, blood, body horror, colonisation, cursing, death, grief, injury/injury detail, kidnapping, lesbophobia/lesbomisia, misogyny, murder/ritualistic murder, sexism, suicide, violence. Moderate: past death of parent(s), chronic illness, fire/explosion, forced institutionalization (at a convent), gun violence, pregnancy mention, religious bigotry, sexual content (not graphic). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury