Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

15 reviews

aggie2010's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, Homophobia, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Drug use

ibshaver's review

dark emotional funny

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, and Infidelity

Moderate: Addiction, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia

spectre_warden's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

Don't waste your time. Negative 5 stars.

People who may like this book: 
hate Japanese people, 
have only seen male gaze lesbian porn, 
have never had a healthy relationship with anyone,
hate character development,
still use the 'R' word in 2024, 
and know they need therapy but refuse to go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, Suicide, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Rape, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism

claudvandamn's review against another edition

dark 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Biphobia, Addiction, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Mental illness, and Infidelity

tiffany_lishan's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia

sveaannika's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Addiction, Death of parent, and Suicide

3mi1y's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Stalking, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Death, Eating disorder, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Alcohol

maidinnah's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

A lustful, balls-to-the-wall, cheeky romp that explores the synergy between trauma and toxic relationships. It’s not a book for everyone; the main character is pathetic, inappropriate, but also hilarious. Some of the passages can be problematic (maybe for the sake of satire but it’s hard to say), while the plot is almost unbelievably absurd. Like the relationship at the center of this novel, I too have a love-hate regard for this novel and so I settled on 4/5 stars because I went along for this off-rails ride anyway. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse and Stalking

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Blood, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

lizlizlizk's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Drug use

jaiari12's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Biphobia, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

Minor: Excrement