Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

15 reviews

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

Cherie Dimaline’s writing is my absolute shit. So many quotable lines! I loved the incorporation of indigenous folklore and the connection between capitalism and religion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Homophobia

anissawren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Racism, Blood, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia and Infidelity

jackie_marion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Racial slurs

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual assault

crystalisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

#23for23

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Blood

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexual assault

Moderate: Kidnapping and Homophobia

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book wasn't what I expected bc I thought it was gonna be more on the traditional, melancholic missing persons stuff (Book Riot misleading recs strikes again for me lol) but this is a fantasy almost fairy tale like adventure with Indigenous culture and issues thrown in for cohesiveness, and funny to boot, so it was even better. I wasn't too impressed with the writing at first but the author won me over. I was even handling the Evangelical Christians bashing in name of anti capitalism and all that bc even though I believe in God I'm aware this religion is beyond help until that weak ass unnecessary last minute drama reveal ending and the kid

being turned into a damn rogarou wtf

, it was so annoying! But I really enjoyed the story and Joan's quest and her love for this dude (and Victor's for her, very swoony) for like 90% and how as plot driven and fast the story is it also felt immersive and didactic for me as a reader outside of the community. It was fun reading these characters and appreciating their culture. Only the ending robbed it from being completely amazing to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Body shaming

Minor: Abortion, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

saracatalyst's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

2.0

I really wanted to like this book. I was hopeful and intrigued from the start, but it just did not hold up as I kept reading. The more I think about what worked and what didn’t in this book, the more I feel like it needed to go through at least one more significant revision. 

There were good ideas here, and I feel like it *could* have been a good read, but it just wasn’t. 

Early on, I found it pretty hard to keep straight who we were reading about and how they were related to the other characters. At a certain point I just gave up. The character development felt lacking and uneven. It felt like the author was trying, and some passages and sentences really stuck, but overall a lot didn’t work. 

There was random homophobia in the book at one point. I doubt it’s a reflection of the author’s belief, but it’s not completely clear why it was there at all. It was never particularly relevant in any way - either needed to be fleshed out to show why it was relevant or just edited out! Same with some random misogyny from Joan toward other women and an offhand comment comparing the German villain to Hitler, because of course. 

Also, I am completely not down with the ending. Why is Zeus a rogaru now? Because he, a preteen, told his mom he hates her? Really? I’m so uncomfortable with a message that this sweet kid who feels and kind of is abandoned deserves this fate in any way. Absolutely miss me with that shit.

Loved the cultural context and blending of different myths. Jotted down a few really good sentences. Overall, not a big fan of this one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Homophobia

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident and Homophobia

caseythereader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

 - EMPIRE OF WILD on one level reads as a wild mystery adventure, but look a little closer and it's actually a tale of the horrors of colonization.
- This book is full of messy characters (some of whom I thought could have stood to have a little more page time) and you're rooting for Joan the whole way. I was turning pages as fast as I could, and the final showdown had me gripped.
- The ending seems to have people split, and I can see why - if you read this book, come talk to me about what you think happens! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts