Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

175 reviews

anna_hepworth's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

What I thought I was getting was fantasy adventure (magic in England in the ~1910s) with a romance subplot. What I got was the type of romance plot that doesn't appeal, with a varnish of fantasy adventure sub-subplot, and quite a lot of sex scenes. Maybe if I'd had the right expectations, I'd have appreciated this story more.

As it was, there are lots of interesting details, and there were some fabulous paragraphs. But I finished it somewhat out of spite, and because I have book two out of the library, waiting for me to read it. I did want to know what happened, but I didn't really want to have to deal with the romantic couple and their emotional miscommunications. 

I can see that there are some interesting overarching plot threads, with three items to be found, and three books to find them in, so I have hopes that book two won't slump. 

Overall summary: world building fantastic, plot a bit rough, characterisation a little off and occasionally veering towards farce, writing shows promise, particularly as this is a debut novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Bullying, and Chronic illness

Minor: Homophobia and Alcohol

alli_gator's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

I honestly felt like this book would’ve been so much better without all of the sexual encounters that happen. The amount of them disappointed me because it felt like it became a fetishization of gay sex, when it could’ve just been a beautiful tragic romance type.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Homophobia

reinydays's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

pvp_niki's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, Blood, Racism, and Mental illness

sodaroni's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-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: Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia

arialien's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Mental illness, and Chronic illness

happysoullovesyou's review against another edition

I’ll probably pick it back up in the future, but the book rn doesn’t intrigue me enough to finish it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Gore

devination's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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

5.0

Heartwarming! Fantastic! Took me a moment to get used to the British Lingo, but it absolutely rewards you for it in spades of literary charisma and charm! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Homophobia

fairynanook's review against another edition

I was so bored and didn't actually care about any of the characters. I felt like nearly a third of the way through, I should be interested and drawn in, but I wasn't at all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Death

mabechel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Cool magic system. Pretty decent romance subplot. Overall very enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Torture, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Child abuse