Reviews with content warning for Lesbophobia - Große Gefallen

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Große Gefallen by Lillian Fishman

11 reviews

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

I can’t really describe how I feel about this book. I understand the message it was trying to portray, that what you once believed your sexuality entailed can change, since sexuality is so fluid, and that love doesn’t necessarily mean you want to have a whole life with a person and involve them in everything, but i don’t know, it just feels like at times it missed the point slightly.

There were some beautiful lines in this novel, so i did appreciate that, but i’m not a fan of books that don’t use speech marks when someone is talking, it always makes it so much harder to follow.

I don’t really understand what Olivia and Eve saw in Nathan, it kind of just felt like a story about two women following a mediocre man just because he could fuck well?

I just found this kind of boring at times, and i’m not a huge fan of lit fic so that probably had something to do with it.

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5_doogwood_drive's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Jesus fuck, I don't know. It's exceptional, I'm not sure if exceptionally bad or good, but it's something. You won't like it if you hate Sally Rooney. And there's definitely way more sex than needed, even if the book is about sexual dynamics and stuff. Also too little sapphic stuff, I bought this because it was in the LGBTQ section of the book store, I wasn't really expecting reading so much about the sexual prowess of a straight guy. Still, there's something there, a real feeling, a real conflict, and the fact I'm still fighting with myself about this inspite of all the above... maybe I don't like rating books based on what's bad about them.

The book only makes sense if you assume Nathan actually did something bad to the woman who sued him.

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lordcass's review against another edition

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challenging

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

2.0

terrible queer rep. bad choice of words for queer/bisexual experiences

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wilful_wisp's review against another edition

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challenging reflective tense medium-paced

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

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librarianknight's review against another edition

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Look, if I needed someone to tell me that rather than being with a woman I should be with a man who's sexually degrading and uncaring for my consent, and that other women are only my competition, I'd talk to my Catholic grandmother.

Also, I promise quotation marks are really cool and the lack of them doesn't elevate your writing whatsoever.

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micaelacccc's review against another edition

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challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

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hecateswickeddaughter's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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loverofeels's review against another edition

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reflective

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

horrendous in many ways but i enjoyed it very much so... 3 stars?

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ohennui's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced

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

4.75

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selfbybee's review against another edition

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challenging reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I am solidly sitting a 3.5 to 4 stars right now but I imagine I may comeback to this review as I cannot stop unpacking this book in my head for so many reasons.

cw: sexual violence, coercion, cheating, toxic romantic relationship, homophobia(lesbo and biphobia), mentions of -ape, gaslighting

I am trying to find a very succinct way to say this story is a very thin white feminist exploration of hedonism, BDSM themes, (poor) polyamory, sexual desire and vanity. If that seems like a lot of themes at once that's because this book is JAM PACKED with the inner workings of a unlikable late 20 year old.

Eve is unlikable in every sense of the word feeling "unfulfilled" while coasting through life on that coattails of her generational wealth. There are many poignant lines, and and I enjoy some of her thoughts around sex, desire and how for women & femmes those concepts feel flimsy and hard to grasp--and shameful when embraced & celebrated because of our social conditioning.

That's all I can think of right now I will comeback to this review because I have no clue how to even approach Olivia and Nathan the (2) parties involved in the polyam aspect of this book.

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