Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

La casa en el mar más azul. Edición especial: Edición especial con cantos tintados by TJ Klune, Carlos Abreu Fetter

18 reviews

tippettreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder

kaimetcalfe's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury

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sockandkey's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Devoured this in less than a week. Extremely disappointed when I realized the (white) author was inspired to make a lighthearted fantasy by the 60s scoop (yikes), which was handled poorly, in retrospect

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Death of parent

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship

A real life plane crash is discussed in one scene. There are a few uncomfortable jokes made about child characters.
Not sure how to tag it, but the fact that the fantasy oppression narrative was partially inspired by the Sixties Scoop is very much something to be aware of.

octopus_farmer's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous hopeful lighthearted 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: Yes

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Frankly, the beginning of this book irked me. I found it flat and irritating and monotonous - Linus's life in the city stinks, and he's merely surviving in an almost dystopian setting until he travels to an island in the ocean full of children that scare him because they aren't typical. I also found his floundering a little disingenuous - his adamant excuses about the bounds of his job as a caseworker probably needed to be there for him to break out of his learned obedience, but it really seemed like the worst kind of sitcom to me, where each of the children had their own gag and he'd react in a bumbling way. 

And then something changed, and I cannot precisely put my finger on it, but I began to enjoy the book for its heart. It's still a beach read in my mind, and I cannot reconcile Linus' strange behavior between recognizing bigotry (since some of the story seemed to entail him unlearning similar lessons) and also wanting to put the children in that environment, though it made more sense once it actually happened. In fact, its clearly allegorical structure seems really simplistic and heavy-handed at times, with the children standing in for a variety of marginalized people without really acknowledging the specifics of how bigotry works, what intersectionality is or realizes (for instance, it seemed important that Sal was Black, but his race wasn't ever remarked on as a part of his struggle as apparently the only werewolf in the world. Maybe Klune didn't want to bother with these things and created a world that has no racism or homophobia, but there's also that weird interaction with Linus' neighbor who 'forgets' he's 'not one for the ladies'?? I digress), how resistance can work outside the system, or what 'passing' means for different people. For this reason, I also have some questions about the actual audience of this book, as it seemed to straddle adult and YA. But on the whole, I found it sweet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content

There's a character

Lucy, the Antichrist

that makes wildly violent statements to people, but it's mostly clear that it is in jest.

leighmayon's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Cannibalism, Murder

chloevienna's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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: Yes

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really loved this one, but found out after reading that the author might be problematic? this might be a book to steer clear of/avoid supporting, but i also should read more before forming an opinion. disappointing, to say the least :/

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Death of parent