Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

100 reviews

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, and Death

Minor: Grief, Medical content, Animal death, and Infidelity

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Outing, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

katelynreynolds's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death

tessatea333's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

_rowan_'s review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

withlivjones's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

An semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story about a young lesbian growing up in a highly religious community in the North of England. The narration was so endearing with its childlike innocence, and the exploration of religious trauma and questioning one’s beliefs after growing up in the church was really well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Animal death

omg_pear's review

funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I liked the main story but the weird fairytale like stories inbetween confused me and didn’t make a lot of sense until the end. I think it would probably work better on a reread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

lavenderviolin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Animal death, Outing, and Physical abuse

river_dithers's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely adore this text. As a queer church kid it's all too relatable (although not to Jeanette's extreme!) I read it in one day as it moves quickly, and some of the quotes are truly exceptional! I also enjoyed the references to Arthurian Legend, specifically Sir Percival.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

nightfell's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-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

3.0

Reading about Jeanette's heavily religious upbringing was fascinating. The sort of things she would do or say or think that was so normalised within her community then seeing the disparity in her interactions at school made for an interesting narrative. I would have liked the author to have gone into more depth relating to the queer aspect of the novel, her internal thoughts and fears that come with self-discovery and her grappling with that was a missed opportunity as her 'coming out' was so abrupt. The magical realism element was at times confusing and ultimately I found it unnecessary and distracting but I'm sure it had a literary purpose, just not one that I appreciated.

Anyone with any religious trauma, queer or not, should take caution, this is a heavy one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Misogyny