Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Haven by Emma Donoghue

7 reviews

brogancha's review

dark tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

ceruleanseas's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Body shaming

Moderate: Misogyny, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Blood

smaravetz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Body shaming

afion's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Self harm

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

Only Donoghue can make me intrigued and devouring a character driven, intensely descriptive novel about three monks on an uninhabited island 😅 A fantastic novel that sucked me in- a tale of survival, faith, and religion. It was a slow start but by the third chapter (~35 pages) I was hooked!

I love Donoghue’s ability to tell stories and she’s one of my auto buy authors. Of the 3 books I’ve read so far from her, I’ve loved all of them! Donoghue does a great job of building this historical world, painting vivid imagery of the day to day survival of these monks.

The characters are well written, as we get a glimpse into all 3 of their thoughts, emotions, and motives. They each have their own distinct voices and I loved getting to know them and see them evolve throughout the course of the story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Animal death, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexism and Transphobia

julie_sapienza's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death and Transphobia

Minor: Body shaming, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, and Outing

teresareads's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Animal death

Moderate: Transphobia and Religious bigotry