Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

89 reviews

saloninareads's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

I like the concept, but the writing style just didn't work for me. The ending also left me feeling a bit let down, Alex's arc still feels unfinished in some way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Homophobia

larkken's review

I don't need additional reasons to rage at circumstances beyond my control, I'm already a woman living in the patriarchy. If we had managed to get to the "fun" part of this book before the half-way point, I could have put up better with the misery set-up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

ofpagesandparagraphs's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Cancer

sarahannmac21's review

emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

Not sure how I feel about this one yet. So much to love. So much to be aggravated about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent

sarahreadsromance's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I felt the purpose of this book got muddled along the way.  It was very slow-paced.  I appreciated the complexity of the relationships, but there were a lot of loose ends that didn’t tie off, in my opinion.  Maybe that was the point.  The sentimentality at the end redeemed the rest of the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

okaylauren's review

adventurous reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer and Child abuse

helenferg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Grief, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Sexism, and Cancer

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Addiction, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

chloemakesbooks's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

3.75

Although I do think the end of the book could have stood to get a haircut of about 50 pages or so (typical youth fiction author feels the need to play out the entire lives of her characters) the book was an interesting foray into magical realism, with some really difficult hit-too-close-to-home moments and some beautiful passages toward the end. I wish the author had spent more time with the dragons (and clearly, she wanted to, hence the drag toward the end) but what time we did get was lots of fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Cancer, Xenophobia, Grief, Homophobia, Abandonment, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Abandonment, Cancer, Homophobia, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

thedanicaperson's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia