Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding

15 reviews

livres_de_bloss's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

JFC. This wasn’t a run-of-the-mill thriller at all. Reading this so soon after Prima Facie was hard as it deals with many of the same themes. 

This books is infuriating, frustrating, and upsetting but so, so important. I liked the representation across the characters and thought the story itself was well-paced and well-crafted. 

Rose Wilding is one to watch: I feel like this knocked me for six. It wasn’t what I expected at all and it’s one of the better thrillers I’ve read in recent memory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Rape, Transphobia, Outing, Violence, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Infertility, Grief, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

ratkingcole's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

stephriggs25's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Transphobia

neztoad's review against another edition

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

4.0

I loved this! Probably a 5 star, until the end when it slipped down to a 4. Felt like it needed a little more drama or shock with the ending.
Loved all of the representation, made my heart happy.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Outing and Transphobia

nickreadsquick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

For sure check trigger warnings before you go into this as it has a lot of difficult themes. I will also say that I read this in a day with a notepad to jot down character details and differentiate between them, which definitely enhanced my experience. I was worried that with 7 women, some would get lost, but generally I think they were fleshed out well and all felt truly flawed and real. I wasn't expecting the addition of Nova but it really brought it all together. I really can't wait to read another book by this author! Hoping for more feminine rage!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicide, Sexual violence, Rape, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infertility, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Self harm, and Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia, Abortion, Stalking, and Outing

chris_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Murder, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Stalking, Transphobia, Suicide, Blood, and Outing

Minor: Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

gemin1reader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

I feel quite conflicted by this book. On one hand, I liked the premise and the female rage that shines through. But on the other…there were too many characters to keep track of easily so you don’t get to know any of them in depth enough. The ending is really abrupt. Also Jamie, the murder victim/awful man, is like every bad attribute rolled into one. 

His childhood is also portrayed as being absolutely terrible, Maureen his aunt and carer clearly resented him and treated him so poorly so her inclusion in the story is weird. And I felt like that element weakened the whole story by giving his character this more sympathetic back story which just isn’t needed, because men with stable home lives also go on to rape, murder and abuse. Idk, it felt a bit off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, Murder, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy and Infertility

Minor: Vomit

kbergsten's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Outing, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality

cmstebb97's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abortion, Grief, Animal death, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Child death, Cursing, Outing, Suicide, Drug use, and Misogyny

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

When a man is murdered, which of the many women he's wronged is the killer? And will the policewoman go after her, or leave it to lie?
This was a dark book, but still good. It tackled many challenging topics and made many time jumps, making it harder to follow on audio. I didn't see the killer coming too far in advance. I loved the diverse cast, even if they weren't all likable. This was a solid book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Racism, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Classism, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Transphobia

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion