Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Ein wenig Leben by Hanya Yanagihara

46 reviews

evapaton's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

OH MY GOD SIMULTANEOUSLY FAVOURITE AND LEAST FAVOURITE BOOK OF ALL TIME. it will break you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Minor: Lesbophobia

kbobe10's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

bethanmoran's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This is the best book I have ever read in my life. I cried for hours, I don't think this book will ever truly leave me. I cannot give it less than five stars, I just can't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, and Death

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia

boyterror's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

i put off reading this for so long because i knew it would hit hard, and it did. i physically gagged, almost threw up while reading this, so i don’t recommend that you read it if you have experienced any of the heavily triggering things mentioned in the trigger warnings for this book. i also wouldn’t recommend reading it if you lack critical reading skills, it probably isn’t for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

ganseys's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Abandonment, Body shaming, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, and Stalking

booksandboba's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.5

Reviews I’ve read everywhere talk about how much readers cried while reading this book. I didn’t cry at all. Does that make me heartless? I don’t know. It didn’t have as great of an emotional impact on me as I was expecting, although I think perhaps I numbed out from all of my personal triggers that were in the book. PLEASE READ THE TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNINGS. I didn’t and realized too late,, luckily I’m in a better mental state because this book would have been horrible for me otherwise.

I feel like I don’t know what I’m supposed to take away from this book. What did I learn?

It was far from inspiring… I suppose part of the point was to show just how great of an impact abuse has on a person, but it’s hard to read if you have any history of abuse or mental illness etc because it just makes you feel hopeless and like you will never get better.

 

I did appreciate the theme of friendship and relationships in the book, though. Some aspects of the book felt predictable.

Maybe you’d like the book, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, of course because of all the content warnings, but also because I personally felt like I had wasted a month reading this book. I didn’t necessarily hate it nor did I hate it while reading, it just didn’t really leave me feeling any sort of satisfaction or like I learned something or have a greater understanding of anything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Child abuse, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Car accident

Minor: Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol