Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

207 reviews

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Miscarriage

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

I see why this is so popular. I think if I found this at the right time it would have been absurdly impact, but even as an adult I quite enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Police brutality

pantslint's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

I don't often read historical fiction, but a close friend gifted this book to me and boy am I glad she did.

This book made me cry. It made me do further reading, too. I knew about the insanity of McCarthyism and COINTELPRO from schooling, but didn't know the extent of the effects that the Red Scare had on the Chinese-American community (which aren't surprising, honestly). I didn't know about Dr. Hsue-shen Tsien. Or about the Chinese Confession Program. Or how the Chinese Exclusion Act meant that Chinese immigrants and Chinese-American communities were largely men.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a beautiful coming of age story, and also a diaspora story. It encompasses a lot of what I feel for my own immigrant parents—compassion for the difficulties they've endured and the trauma they harbor, and yet anger for their refusal to see outside of themselves and their community's perceptions. I have so much to say about this book, but I think that's all I can manage for this first read.

All I have to say left is that I have a personal vendetta against Shirley.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

maecave15's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Deportation, Racial slurs, and Racism

victoriastarkid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

tabea1409's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Deportation, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Cultural appropriation, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

letters_from_gabriella's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

4.5

This book would’ve been a 5 star read if it weren’t for a few sections that felt unnecessary to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Miscarriage, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Deportation, War, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

charliebites's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Deportation, War, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

Minor: Police brutality, Medical trauma, Drug use, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

kajoreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense 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? No

4.0

The beginning was a bit too slow for me, otherwise I really loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, War, Police brutality, Sexism, and Deportation

Minor: Sexual harassment, Drug use, Miscarriage, and Toxic friendship

tigerkind's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: War and Toxic friendship