Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

4 reviews

celery's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Classism, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

alidathealien's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The beginning is pretty slow, the middle is just right, and the end moves way too fast. I had honestly forgot this was classified as a thriller until the climactic sequence was something straight out of a horror movie. The last chapter felt very "wrapped up in a bow/let's get this over with" which was a little disappointing.

I still liked it though! It made me want to get back into Latin (if only briefly). I guessed a couple of the twists, but a couple did surprise me! Kinda wish they hadn't copped out with the incest though *shrug emoji*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Incest, Homophobia, Violence, and Sexual assault

kellysavagebooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Self harm, Violence, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Blood, Drug use, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Cancer, and Dementia

pressi_d5's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Toxic friendship