Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

7 reviews

th3bookthief's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Outing, Death, Homophobia, Torture, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Infidelity, Gore, Murder, War, Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

frogtangerine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Homophobia

willowshelter's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Homophobia, Gore, Body horror, and Death

espbear's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Colonisation, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Excrement, Self harm, War, Body horror, and Suicide

orshi999's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-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

3.0

It's a wonderfully written book with rich language. I don't have much knowlage of the Renaissance but it makes to want to read more into it. The story also doesn't exist in a vaccume depending on the characters, the characters are effected by history and the world around them. They change in accordance to that.

one thing that is uncomfortable is the portrayal of homosexual relationships. Since this of course is a historical novel it's not the most inclusive. There is a large agegap both between the main character and her husband and the husband and her brother. Also talks of SA in uncomfortable ways. It fits into the work well but it's not for everyone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Homophobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

alys055's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

contre_qui's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

1.5

It was fine. I was just expecting more. The view of queer/mlm relationships was bizarre to say the least. I thought the protagonist would maybe learn something about her views - and she kinda did, in that she decided being gay wasn't an outright sin - but she really didn't. It seemed more like a vehicle for her to make excuses about her own piety (or lack thereof) and extramarital relationships. There was also a disgustingly awkward, graphic sex scene. It was a rather dry book with a very odd take on queerness. Left a bad taste in my mouth. Clearly a book for straight women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Murder

There is a very graphic sex scene between a gay man and a straight woman. It's painful to read, probably intentionally, but there was a lot of detail. There is also a childbirth scene that's decently graphic/detailed, as well.