Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

48 reviews

glowhoya's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

I am the last person to read, let alone recommend, a multi-pov, multiple time period book. However. Stellar read! Immediately engaging, well interwoven narratives (and all of them are actually interesting!) fleshed out characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide and Homophobia

A large part of this book details an active shooter situation involving children. None of the children are harmed.

lovelyoutliers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Loved this book! Such a creative book following diverse stories linked by an ancient story in the most interesting way - a young girl in Constantinople in 1411 and the boy who was part of the army camped outside of the walls, an old man staging a play with children at the local library and a young man with a plan to make the developers responsible for local habitat destruction pay, a young girl in a pod hurdling away from the doomed planet with the mission of finding a new habitable one. The twists and turns of the story are beautiful and surprising, written with such skill - profound, sweet, thoughtful, heartwrending. An immediate classic and at its core, a love letter to libraries, books, and librarians, about the ways that stories make us. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Homophobia, Grief, Murder, and Mental illness

rsouders's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: War and Homophobia

mrblueskyyy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit. This is the best book I've... ever? read. I ugly cried at the end. So beautiful, so heartwrenching, so powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Torture, Mental illness, War, Ableism, Animal death, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Abandonment, Death, and Racial slurs

spookyaz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Gun violence, Body shaming, Animal death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Homophobia

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Xenophobia, and Violence

Minor: Slavery and Homophobia

rebeccarudisill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

Epic, sprawling, and mysterious this book highlights everything that is good about books. And about people. Hold onto your pants because this is a wild ride.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Blood, Animal death, and War

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide

lunaviolet's review against another edition

reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

lesliej_pdx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Violence, War, Gun violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Homophobia